trestle

IPA: trˈɛsʌɫ

A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
A folding or fixed set of legs used to support a tabletop or planks.
A framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge.
A trestle bridge.

Examples of "trestle" in Sentences

"No, but the trestle is the sticker," some one remarked.
It burned the wooden ties on the trestle, which is about four miles north of Chama.
The network of the trestle was a maze of incised lines against the shaded bank opposite.
Retell “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce using a local train trestle and creek as the setting.
We would have taken any way rather than this; but it was late and growing dark, and the trestle was a short cut home.
He recalled the trestle west of the forest where the bindlestiffs from the Pacific Fruit line jungled up at nights, or during long layovers.
The trestle was a double-decked structure of yellow pine, with 10 by 10-in. posts and sills, 10 by 14-in. intermediate and top caps, and 2 by 10-in. longitudinal and cross-braces.
"However, the long-term safety and adequacy of the trestle is the primary concern, and if those considerations dictate a necessity to replace the whole thing, we will do it," he said.