trestle

tres·tle  (trsl)

n.

1. A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support.

2. A framework consisting of vertical, slanted supports and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge.

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[Middle English trestel, from Old French, alteration of Vulgar Latin *trstellum, trnstellum, diminutive of Latin trnstrum, beam; see transom.]

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trestle [ˈtrɛs^əl]

n

1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) 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.

2. (Engineering / Civil Engineering)

a.  a braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway

b.  a bridge constructed of such frameworks

[from Old French trestel, ultimately from Latin trānstrum transom]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	trestle - a supporting tower used to support a bridge bridge, span - a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. supporting tower - a tower that serves to support something
	2.	trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop sawbuck, sawhorse, buck, horse - a framework for holding wood that is being sawed trestle table - a table supported on trestles

Translations

trestle [ˈtresl]

A. N → caballete m

B. CPD trestle bridge N → puente m de caballetes
trestle table N → mesa f de caballete

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trestle [ˈtrɛs^əl] n → tréteau m
trestle table n → table f à tréteaux

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trestle

n → (Auflage)bock m

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trestle:

trestle bridge

n → Bockbrücke f

trestle table

n → auf Böcken stehender Tisch; (decorator’s) → Tapeziertisch m

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trestle [ˈtrɛsl] n → cavalletto

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trestle [ˈtrɛsl] n → cavalletto

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trestle

n trestle [ˈtresl]

a wooden support with legs The platform was on trestles; (also adjective ) a trestle table. bokkie مِنْصَبَه خَشَبِيَّه، جَحْش дървена подпорка koza; na kozách buk; bukke- das Gestell; Gestell-... υποστήριγμα, τρίποδο caballete pukk, pukk- پایه؛ خرک pukki tréteau חֲמוֹר עֲבוֹדָה घोडी़ nogari, potporanj állvány penyangga búkki, undirstaða cavalletto, trespolo 架台 가대(架臺) ožys steķi kekuda schraag (stillas)bukk kozioł cavalete suport козлы podstavec; na podstavci štirinožno stojalo postolje []bock ขาหยั่ง ayaklık 支架 естакада; рамна опора لکڑي کي کڑياں جو سہارے کے طور پر لگائي گئي ہوں niễng, trụ 支架