tres|tle

tres|tle
tres|tle «TREHS uhl», noun.
1. a framework similar to a sawhorse, used as a support especially for a tabletop or platform.
2. a) a braced framework of timber, iron, or steel, used as a bridge to support railroad tracks or a road across a gap. It is usually made of uprights or slanting pieces with diagonal braces. b) a bridge or the like having such a framework.
[< Old French trestel crossbeam < Vulgar Latin transtellum < Latin trānstrum beam; see etym. under transom (Cf.transom)]

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