Trestle Definition

trĕsəl
trestles
noun
A framework consisting of a horizontal beam fastened to two pairs of spreading legs, used to support planks to form a table, platform, etc.
Webster's New World
A framework of vertical or slanting uprights and crosspieces, supporting a bridge, etc.
Webster's New World
A bridge with such a framework.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Trestle

Noun

Singular:
trestle
Plural:
trestles

Origin of Trestle

  • Middle English trestel from Old French alteration of Vulgar Latin trāstellum, trānstellum diminutive of Latin trānstrum beam transom

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Trestle Sentence Examples

  • They came up to a steel trestle that held the ancient penstock above an open gorge.

  • He moved up the steel trestle by the ice climbing area designated The Schoolroom.

  • About a mile distant there was a trestle spanning a deep gorge.

  • We would have taken any way rather than this; but it was late and growing dark, and the trestle was a short cut home.

  • As the train rumbled by, the trestle shook and swayed until I thought we should be dashed to the chasm below.

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Words Starting With

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