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Tressel
(gcide) | Tressel \Tres"sel\, n.
A trestle.
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tressel
(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.
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2. The frame of a table.
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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.
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Tressel
(gcide) | Tressel \Tres"sel\, n.
A trestle.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. The frame of a table.
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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.
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