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trestles

trestles is the plural of trestle.

Meaning of trestle

Noun

trestle (plural trestles)

  1. A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
  2. A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
    • He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars
  3. A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
  4. A trestle bridge.

Questions about trestles

What is trestles the plural of?
Trestles is the plural of trestle.

Words near trestles in the dictionary

  1. trestle-board
  2. trestle-boards
  3. trestleboard
  4. trestleboards
  5. trestled
  6. trestles
  7. trestletree
  8. trestletrees
  9. trestlewise
  10. trestlework
  11. trestleworks

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