trestlenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈtres.əl/us/ˈtres.əl/a supporting structure for a table, consisting of a flat piece of wood supported at each end by two pairs of sloping legs
specialized engineering a set of sloping supports holding a horizontal structure, used especially for railway bridges
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Physical supports and supporting
- backbone
- bearing
- bolster
- bookend
- buoy
- burden
- buttress
- cantilever
- groan
- pile
- pillar
- rafter
- runner
- scaffold
- scaffolding
- shore
- shore sth up
- skid
- stem
- stilt
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