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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trestle \Tres"tle\, n. [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tr['e]teau;
     probably from L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of
     transtrum a crossbeam. Cf. {Transom}.] [Written also
     {tressel}.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The frame of a table.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Trestle board}, a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and
        the like, for drawing designs upon; -- so called because
        commonly supported by trestles.
  
     {Trestle bridge}. See under {Bridge}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trestle
       n 1: a supporting tower used to support a bridge
       2: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  55 Moby Thesaurus words for "trestle":
     L, branch, buck, cable railway, clotheshorse, cog railway, el,
     electric railway, elevated, elevated railway, embankment, feeder,
     feeder line, gravity-operated railway, horse, horse railway,
     junction, light railroad, line, main line, metro, monorail,
     rack railway, rack-and-pinion railway, rail, rail line, railroad,
     railway, roadbed, roadway, sawbuck, sawhorse, sidetrack, siding,
     street railway, streetcar line, subway, switchback, terminal,
     terminus, track, tram, tramline, trestle and table, trestle board,
     trestle table, trestlework, trestling, trolley line, trunk,
     trunk line, tube, turnout, underground, workhorse
  
  

















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