trestle

Meaning

Noun

• 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.

Origin

• From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.