trestle

/tres-uhl/US // ˈtrɛs əl //UK // (ˈtrɛsəl) //

栈桥,栈道,支架,叉架

Definitions

n.名词 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.
- : 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.

nounframework

Synonyms

There was his portmanteau on its trestle, exactly where he had seen the porter put it when he first arrived.
The two boys gazed respectfully at the bare trestle table and the raised reading-desk and the picture of St. Benedict.
Both boys narrowly missed being run down by an ore train as it was shunted out on the trestle.
Ore was being shot down through the chutes into boats on each side of the great trestle.
The young man stood now in the car vestibule, as the train roared over the trestle and slowed down at the station.