trestlework

[ tres-uhl-wurk ]

/ ˈtrɛs əlˌwɜrk /

noun

a structural system composed of trestles.

Origin of trestlework

First recorded in 1840–50; trestle + work

Words nearby trestlework

tressy, tres-tine, trestle, trestle table, trestletree, trestlework, tret, Treta Yuga, Tretchikoff, tretinoin, trevally

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Example sentences from the Web for trestlework

The trestlework is burned in places and across these we passed the best we could.
Diary of an Enlisted Man|Lawrence Van Alstyne
Upon the trestlework were perched three boys and a man, fishing.
Historic Waterways--Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers|Reuben Gold Thwaites
How he ever did it I don't see, but he said two soldiers fell through the trestlework and were hurt and had to be left behind.
Diary of an Enlisted Man|Lawrence Van Alstyne
The haggard face of the boy looked out from the surgeon's trestlework of the fractured arm and shoulder.
Under the Law|Edwina Stanton Babcock

Men are busy rebuilding the burned out places in the trestlework and bridging the river, which is narrow here.
Diary of an Enlisted Man|Lawrence Van Alstyne

British Dictionary definitions for trestlework

trestlework

/ (ˈtrɛsəlˌwɜːk) /

noun

an arrangement of trestles, esp one that supports or makes a bridge

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单词	trestlework
释义	trestlework [ tres-uhl-wurk ] / ˈtrɛs əlˌwɜrk / noun a structural system composed of trestles. Origin of trestlework First recorded in 1840–50; trestle + work Words nearby trestlework tressy, tres-tine, trestle, trestle table, trestletree, trestlework, tret, Treta Yuga, Tretchikoff, tretinoin, trevally Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for trestlework The trestlework is burned in places and across these we passed the best we could. Diary of an Enlisted Man\|Lawrence Van Alstyne Upon the trestlework were perched three boys and a man, fishing. Historic Waterways--Six Hundred Miles of Canoeing Down the Rock, Fox, and Wisconsin Rivers\|Reuben Gold Thwaites How he ever did it I don't see, but he said two soldiers fell through the trestlework and were hurt and had to be left behind. Diary of an Enlisted Man\|Lawrence Van Alstyne The haggard face of the boy looked out from the surgeon's trestlework of the fractured arm and shoulder. Under the Law\|Edwina Stanton Babcock Men are busy rebuilding the burned out places in the trestlework and bridging the river, which is narrow here. Diary of an Enlisted Man\|Lawrence Van Alstyne British Dictionary definitions for trestlework trestlework / (ˈtrɛsəlˌwɜːk) / noun an arrangement of trestles, esp one that supports or makes a bridge Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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