Category:Trestle

Tres"tle, n. Etym: [of. trestel, tresteay, f. tréteau; probably from L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Cf. Transom.] [written also tressel.]

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. Trestle board, a board used by architects, Draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called Because commonly supported by trestles. -- trestle bridge. See under bridge, n.