trestle
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əl noun
1.
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.
2.
Civil Engineering.
a.
one of a number of bents, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge.
b.
a bridge made of these.
Origin:
1300–50; Middle English trestel < Middle French, by dissimilation from Old French trestre ≪ Latin trānstrum crossbeam
1300–50; Middle English trestel < Middle French, by dissimilation from Old French trestre ≪ Latin trānstrum crossbeam
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| —n | |
| 1. | 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. | 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 | |
| [C14: from Old French trestel, ultimately from Latin trānstrum | |
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Word Origin & History
trestle
early 14c., "a support for something," from O.Fr. trestel "crossbeam" (12c.), presumed to be an alteration of L. *transtellum, dim. of transtrum "beam, crossbar." Specific meaning "support for a bridge" is recorded from 1796.
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Example sentences
At the site, there was a wooden trestle with a large crawler crane situated in the middle of the trestle.
They all sit down for a big feed at trestle tables set outdoors.
They are currently using divers to install under water bracing elements needed to support the heavy trestle loads.
It is often a long, brisk, outdoor walk to a trestle stairway to board the plane.
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