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Trestle

TRES'TLE, n. tres'l. 1. The frame of a table. 2. A movable form for supporting any thing. 3. In bridges, a frame consisting of two posts with a head or cross beam and braces, on which rest the string-pieces. [...

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TRES'TLE, n. tres'l.

1. The frame of a table.

2. A movable form for supporting any thing.

3. In bridges, a frame consisting of two posts with a head or cross beam and braces, on which rest the string-pieces. [This is the use of the word in New England. It is vulgarly pronounced trussel or trussl.]

Trestle-trees, in a ship, are two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the lower mast-head, to support the frame of the top and the top-mast.

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