n. | 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.
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Noun | 1. | trestle - a supporting tower used to support a bridge |
2. | trestle - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop |