trestle

1. n. 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. Source: opted

2. n. The frame of a table. Source: opted

3. n. a supporting tower used to support a bridge Source: wordnet

4. n. sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop Source: wordnet

5. 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. Source: webster

6. n:100 n. a supporting tower used to support a bridge n. sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop Source: ecdict

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