Definition of Trestle

a framework comprised of a horizontal beam and two sloping legs, often used to support a flat surface like a table or a bridge

Examples of Trestle in a sentence

Most bridges need some sort of support to help them stand, and this bridge has a trestle made of steel in the corner holding it up.  🔊

This table of ours has a trestle that allows it to stand, though it needs a trestle on each side for it to work.  🔊

I constructed a trestle with a horizontal beam and some sloping legs to hold up the table I was building.  🔊

If you’ve ever looked at a fold out table or chair, it often has a trestle with sloping legs to hold it up.  🔊

The trestle under this bridge looks like an x, with the two beams spreading out from the horizontal beam on top.  🔊

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