noun
trestle
Trestle (noun) means a flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.
noun
1
A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.
2
A stand with legs, either folding or fixed, used to hold up a table top or planks.
"He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor."
— Charles W. Chesnutt (1900)
3
A framework of spread-out legs used to hold up a bridge.
4
A bridge built on this kind of framework.
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Etymology
This word comes from Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (compare modern French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, a diminutive of trānstrum.
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What is the meaning of trestle?
"trestle" (noun) means a flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse.
What are the different meanings of trestle?
"trestle" has 3 main meanings: 1. A flat bar held up at each end by two spread-out legs, like a sawhorse; 2. A stand with legs, either folding or fixed, used to hold up a table top or planks; 3. A framework of spread-out legs used to hold up a bridge.
