Trestle
English Meaning
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.
- A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support.
- A framework consisting of vertical, slanted supports and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge.
