Look up: trestle


  1. trestle
    [n] - a supporting tower used to support a bridge 2. [n] - sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
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  2. trestle
    noun sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=trestle

  3. Trestle
    • (n.) 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 brid...
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  4. trestle
    (from the article `scaffold`) Trestle supports are used for work on a large area if little or no adjustment of height is required (e.g., for plastering the ceiling of a room). The ... Military trestles were built in considerable numbers in the wars of the 19th century, notably the American Civil War...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/77

  5. Trestle
    The Trestle is the substructure of a Post Mill, usually enclosed in a protective structure called a roundhouse, which also serves as a storage facility. Post mills without a roundhouse are called Open Trestle Post Mills.
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_mill_machinery

  6. trestle
    1. a supporting tower used to support a bridge
    2. sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop

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  7. Trestle
    [mill] 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. A Trestle Mill is a va...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trestle_(mill)

  8. TRESTLE
    A postal stationery envelope used from London to Düsseldorf in 1900, with additional postage stamp perfinned "C & S" identifying the user as "Churchill & Sim" per the seal on the reverse shown on inset. A perfin, the contraction of `PERForated INitials`, is a pattern of tiny holes punched through ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRESTLE

  9. trestle
    1) Bridge part 2) Bridge support 3) Carpenter's horse 4) Certain bridge 5) El elevator 6) Engineering construction 7) Engineering project 8) Gorge crosser 9) Part of a model-train set 10) Railroad bridge 11) Railroad suppor...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/trestle/1

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