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1. (n.) trestle
a frame typically composed of a horizontal member rigidly attached at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a support for planking, etc.; horse.
2. trestle
one of a number of transverse frames joined together to support a bridge.
3. trestle
a bridge made of these.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME trestel < MF, by dissimilation from OF trestre&indirdesc; L trānstrum crossbeam)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) trestle
a supporting tower used to support a bridge
2. (noun) trestle
sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) trestle
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. (noun) trestle
the frame of a table
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Sense: a wooden support with legs
The platform was on trestles; (
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 Afrikaans: bokkie |
 Arabic: مِنْصَبَه خَشَبِيَّه، جَح |
 Bulgarian: дървена подпорка |
 Brazilian: cavalete |
 Czech: koza; na kozách |
 German: das Gestell; Gestell-... |
 Danish: buk; bukke- |
 Greek: υποστήριγμα, τρίποδο |
 Spanish: caballete |
 Estonian: pukk, pukk- |
 Farsi: پایه؛ خرک |
 Finnish: pukki |
 French: tréteau |
 Hebrew: חֲמוֹר עֲבוֹדָה |
 Hindi: घोडी़ |
 Croatian: nogari, potporanj |
 Hungarian: állvány |
 Indonesian: penyangga |
 Icelandic: búkki, undirstaða |
 Italian: cavalletto, trespolo |
 Japanese: 架台 |
 Korean: 가대(架臺) |
 Lithuanian: ožys |
 Latvian: steķi |
 Malay: kekuda |
 Dutch: schraag |
 Norwegian: (stillas)bukk |
 Polish: kozioł |
 Persian: پایه؛ خرک |
 Pashto: پایه ، خرک |
 Portuguese: cavalete |
 Romanian: suport |
 Russian: козлы |
 Slovak: podstavec; na podstavci |
 Slovenian: štirinožno stojalo |
 Serbian: postolje |
 Swedish: [trä]bock |
 Thai: ขาหยั่ง |
 Turkish: ayaklık |
 Taiwanese: 支架 |
 Ukrainian: естакада; рамна опора |
 Urdu: لکڑي کي کڑياں جو سہارے کے |
 Vietnamese: niễng, trụ |
 Chinese: 支架 |
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