Meanings
nountrestle (plural trestles)
plural trestles
- 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.
He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars
Origin
- Latintrānstellum
- Old Frenchtrestel“crossbeam”
- Middle Englishtrestel
- Englishtrestle
From Middle English trestel, from Old French trestel (“crossbeam”) (French tréteau), from Latin trānstellum, diminutive of trānstrum.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian магаре, подпора
- магаре (magare)a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- подпора (podpora)a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
Catalan cavallet
- cavalleta folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
Danish buk
- buka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Dutch schraag
- schraaga horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Finnish pukki, pukki
- pukkia horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- pukkia folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- pukkia framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
French tréteau, tréteau
- tréteaua horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- tréteaua folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
German Bock, Auflagebock
- Bocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Auflagebocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Stützbocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Traversea horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Arbeitsbocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Sägebocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Holzbocka horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- Bocka folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- Gestella folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- Untergestella folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- Auflagegestella folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- Tischgestella folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
Italian cavalletto, trespolo
- cavallettoa horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- trespoloa horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- capraa horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- capraa folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- cavallettoa folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- intelaiaturaa framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
- traliccioa framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
Japanese 架台, 馬
- 架台 (kadai)a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- 馬 (uma)a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- 脚立 (kyatatsu)a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- 架台 (kadai)a folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
- 架台 (kadai)a framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
Latin vāra
- vāraa horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Māori kaupae
- kaupaea horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Portuguese cavalete
- cavaletea framework, using spreading, divergent pairs of legs used to support a bridge
Russian ко́злы
- ко́злы (kozly)a horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Scottish Gaelic sorchan, sorchan
- sorchana horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
- sorchana folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
Spanish caballete
- caballetea horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs
Swedish bock
- bocka folding or fixed set of legs used to support a table-top or planks
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with trestle
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Cite this entry
APA
trestle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestle
MLA
“trestle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestle. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trestle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trestle.
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