Trestle
Trestle , noun
[Old French trestel, tresteay, French tréteau; probably from Latin transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Compare Transom.]
1.
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.
The frame of a table.
Collocations (2)
Trestle board , a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles.
Trestle bridge , See under Bridge, n.