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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tres•tle /ˈtrɛsəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Buildinga frame made of a crosspiece attached at each end to the top of a frame, used as a support for planking, etc.;
a horse. - Building, Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineeringone of a number of such frames joined together to support a bridge.
- a bridge made of these:The soldiers blew up the trestle just as the supply train was crossing it.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tres•tle (tres′əl),USA pronunciation n. - a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.;
horse. - [Civ. Engin.]
- one of a number of bents, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge.
- a bridge made of these.
- Middle French, by dissimilation from Old French trestre Latin trānstrum crossbeam
- Middle English trestel 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: trestle /ˈtrɛsəl/ n - a framework in the form of a horizontal member supported at each end by a pair of splayed legs, used to carry scaffold boards, a table top, etc
- a braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway
- a bridge constructed of such frameworks
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French trestel, ultimately from Latin trānstrum transom |