Trestle

What do we mean by trestle?

A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support. noun

A framework consisting of slanted braces and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge or causeway. noun

A frame, consisting of a beam or bar fixed at each end to a pair of spreading legs, for use as a support. noun

Same as puncheon. noun

In heraldry, a low stool or bench used as a bearing: usually represented with three legs. noun

In civil engineering, a framework for supporting string-pieces, as of a railway, a bridge, or other elevated structure, composed of uprights with diagonal braces, and either with or without horizontal timbers below the stringers. noun

Plural The shores or props of a ship under construction. noun

Same as trestletree. noun

In leather manufacturing, the sloping plank on which skins are laid while being curried. noun

An obsolete form of threshold. noun

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. noun

The frame of a table. noun

A board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles. noun

See under Bridge, n. noun

A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses. noun

A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks noun

A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge. noun

A trestle bridge noun

A supporting tower used to support a bridge noun

Sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop noun

A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.

A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.

A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.

A trestle bridge.

Words that are spelled similarly to trestle:
trestle, wrestle, trostle.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word trestle:
rockaway, cimarron, roundhouse, girder, viaduct, spans, causeway, bridges, ravine, truss, bridge, sails, piers, desk, walkway, horseshoe, railroad, parry, dismantled, span, trail, gorge, rails, creek, crossing, mill, subdivision, roadway, wooden, glen, tunnel, masonry, tables, jamaica, pedestrian, rail, wreck, curve, burned, crossed, collapsed, concrete, canyon, locomotive, freight, train, timber, approaches, carries, deck, swing, pier, gauge, steel, intact, fill, toll, flood, damaged, mills, confederate, abandoned, collapse, rebuilt, depot, demolished, table, longest, river, width, beneath, feet, richmond, constructed, passenger, railway, trains, branch, connecting, line, visible, traffic, junction, legs, across, suspension, avenue, built, narrow, canal, landmark, structure, ferry, norfolk, post, mouth, boulevard, cars, terminus, recreation.

Words that rhyme with trestle:
vessel, nestle, wrestle, sessile, mescal, nessel, cresol, cresselle, tressel, blood vessel, wessel, chessel, cresyl, chesil, chessil, mesel, hessel, kessel, wesil, dressel, gesell, drinking vessel, lymph vessel, lescol, sailing vessel, lymphatic vessel, seed vessel, fessel, cargo vessel, war vessel, messel, vessell, wessell, gessel, kessell, estle, express il, graessle, kesel, kessle, less ill, pressel, ressel, unless ill, vesel.

Adjectives that are often used to describe trestle:
wooden, high, long, old, temporary, low, foot, large, narrow, concrete, second, elevated, curved, framed, track, strong, big, short, overhead, light, shaped, huge, permanent, open, tall, original, upper, rough, simple, ordinary, heavy, highest, longest, inclined, shaky, mile, legged, standard, rickety, burned, massive, deck, piled, famous, nearby, spidery, portable, folding, rude, lengthy, double, nearest, broken, spindly, airy, weakened, bent, slender, wheeled, lofty, adjacent, distant, stout, mighty, frail, east, level, singlestory, empty, makeshift, end, built, collapsed, circular, movable.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective trestle:
work, tables, trees, board, bridge, bridges, works, bents, construction, beds, building, type, tree, table.

Consonant match to trestle:
trysail, tressel, triskele, trussell, true seal, tresayle, trostle, tree cell, tricil.

Words that sound like trestle:
trestle, tressel, trussell, trostle, dressel, tercel, tressa, teressa, trestles, tesl, true seal, tressful, drossel, tussle, trisler, triskele, tussal, truxal, trial, drizzle, teresa, theresa, tassel, tassle, streusel, tossel, tremel, troxel, tousel, treasa, trussing, dry cell, trachsel, teresia, thrustle, treddle, treml, tressy, trefle, triol, turnsole, terrassa, tracing, drexel, uracil, decile, throstle, cresol, decil, trucing, drazel, triple, trickle, truffle, tresses, tripple, trowel, twizzle, truckle, trickel, true self, trowell, trippel, trudell, trunnel, t cell, trunnell, to sell, trousdale, t-cell, tree hill, dressing, stressful, tinsel, tessa, tonsil, gristle, aerosol, tarsal, tensile, driscoll, krystle, dsl, teasel, grisel, tereza, dusl, texel, tarsel, driskell, tonsile, teazel, theresia, torsal, tesol, tencel, teazle, tiercel, tezel, tazel.