trestles

A-frame leg structures

Trestles are supporting frameworks, typically consisting of a horizontal beam held up by two pairs of spreading legs.

They serve as temporary or movable supports for tables, scaffolding, or bridges: sawhorses are a type of trestle, a trestle table.

A trestle bridge uses a series of these frameworks to span a gap, common for railroads crossing valleys or rivers.

bridge

sawhorse

Legged beam for cutting

beamStructural support member
spanDistance between endpoints
viaductArched span crossing valleys

crossing · timber · wooden · railroad · temporary · construction · framework · legs · support · plank

railway

tracks

Marks showing passage

locomotiveRailway pulling machine
freightGoods being transported
carriagesWheeled vehicles for passengers

crossing · depot · junction · gauge · sleepers · railcar · coupling · engineer · signal · caboose

surfing

waves

Traveling energy disturbances

barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
swellIncrease in size
lineupOrdered list of participants

break · California · longboard · shortboard · paddle · reef · peak · point break · cutback · carve

Categories

railroadstrains, train, tracks, track, locomotive
model trainsmodel trains, train set, train sets, electric trains, electric train
ancient engineeringarches, aqueducts, bridges, masonry, foundations
supportsscaffolding, shoring, bracing, props, jacks
railwaystrains, train, locomotives, locomotive, tracks
Civil War transportrailroads, trains, wagons, locomotives, horses

Opposites

structural support type

trestlesstone pillars

Freestanding vertical rock structures

concrete columns · buttresses · load-bearing walls

structural permanence and solidity

trestlesstone columns

Upright rock supports

Phrases

trestle tableBoard on hinged supports
railroad trestleBridge supporting train tracks
trestle bridgeSpan on braced frames

Family

trestle, trestlework

Familiarity: Top 200,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G