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trestle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | supporting tower |
Examples of trestle
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The major trestle across Lawyers Canyon was the exception, constructed of steel.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Two years ago, a couple were arrested for dropping rocks from a trestle over I-5.
From the thenewstribune.com
All Munich still crowds into the flagged ground floor to sit at trestle tables.
From the dailymail.co.uk
A freight train crosses a trestle bridge and a barge slides by in the distance.
From the stltoday.com
A few steps on I reach a low trestle table beneath a cluster of blackened pots.
From the guardian.co.uk
My dining table is a zinc-topped trestle I found in the kitchen of a country pub.
From the smh.com.au
There are a couple of nice rail-trestle pedestrian spans over the American River.
From the sacbee.com
Construction on the trestle began in late 1870, and continued until early 1872.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Mark's already started on a new pine trestle table made from the barn's beams.
From the online.wsj.com
- A supporting tower used to support a bridge
- Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- A trestle is a rigid frame used as a support, especially referring to a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by such frames. In the context of trestle bridges, each supporting frame is generally referred to as a bent. ...
- The Trestle of a Post mill is the arrangement of the Main post, crosstrees and quarterbars that form the substructure of this type of windmill. It may or may not be surrounded by a roundhouse. Post mills without a roundhouse are known as Open Trestle Post Mills.
- Trestles is a collection of surfing spots at San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County, California. Trestles consists of, from north to south, Upper Trestles (Uppers), Lower Trestles (Lowers), and Middle Trestles (Middles). North of Upper Trestles is the surf spot called Cottons. ...
- A bridge, usually of timber or steel, that has a number of closely spaced supports between the abutments.
- A wooden bridge-like structure usually having all supporting members below the railway tracks.
- A bridge structure consisting of spans supported upon frame bents.
- A braced frame, forming the whole support for a table top.
