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plural trestles
A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses. examples
A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks. quotations examples
He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars
A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge. examples
A trestle bridge. examples