'Trestle' definitions:
Definition of 'trestle'
From: WordNet
noun
A supporting tower used to support a bridge
noun
Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
Definition of 'Trestle'
From: GCIDE
- Trestle \Tres"tle\, n. [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tr['e]teau; probably from L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Cf. Transom.] [Written also tressel.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The frame of a table. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trestle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- branch,
- buck,
- cable railway,
- clotheshorse,
- cog railway,
- el,
- electric railway,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- gravity-operated railway,
- horse,
- horse railway,
- junction,
- L,
- light railroad,
- line,
- main line,
- metro,
- monorail,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railway,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- sawbuck,
- sawhorse,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subway,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle and table,
- trestle board,
- trestle table,
- trestlework,
- trestling,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- turnout,
- underground,
- workhorse