Trestle
noun
1.
a frame typically composed of a horizontal bar or beam rigidly joined or fitted at each end to the top of a transverse A-frame, used as a barrier, a transverse support for planking, etc.; horse.
2.
Civil Engineering.
one of a number of bents, having sloping sides of framework or piling, for supporting the deck or stringers of a bridge.
a bridge made of these.
noun
1.
a framework in the form of a horizontal member supported at each end by a pair of splayed legs, used to carry scaffold boards, a table top, etc
2.
a braced structural tower-like framework of timber, metal, or reinforced concrete that is used to support a bridge or ropeway
a bridge constructed of such frameworks
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