01 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 sto…
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1.
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.
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2.
The frame of a table.
Phrases & compounds
Trestle board —
a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because commonly supported by trestles.