ALL meanings of trestle
tres·tle
T t - noun trestle a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse. 1
- noun trestle Civil Engineering. one of a number of bents, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge. a bridge made of these. 1
- noun trestle diagonal support 1
- countable noun trestle A trestle is a wooden or metal structure that is used, for example, as one of the supports for a table. It has two pairs of sloping legs which are joined by a flat piece across the top. 0
- noun trestle a framework in the form of a horizontal member supported at each end by a pair of splayed legs, used to carry scaffold boards, a table top, etc 0
- noun trestle a braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway 0
- noun trestle a bridge constructed of such frameworks 0
- noun trestle a framework consisting of a horizontal beam fastened to two pairs of spreading legs, used to support planks to form a table, platform, etc. 0
- noun trestle a framework of vertical or slanting uprights and crosspieces, supporting a bridge, etc. 0
- noun trestle a bridge with such a framework 0