sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
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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.
2. The frame of a table.
{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.
Elsewhere, a CSX railroad trestle across the Rolling Fork of the Salt River was swept away at New Haven, and scores of roads and tens of schools in the state were closed because of high water.
The plane broke apart while it skidded down the road, slamming into a railroad trestle and two overpasses carrying traffic on Interstate 94.