meaning of trestles
1. A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
2. The frame of a table.
3. sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
Related Words
trestle | trestle bridge | trestle table | trestletree | trestlework |
