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n.
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; -- generally used in the plural.
n.
The frame of a table.
n.
A trestle.
v. t.
A frame for casks to lie upon; a trestle.
n.
A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.
v. i.
One of the beams connecting the successive supports of a trestle bridge or bateau bridge.
n.
A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
n.
Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top to rest on.
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A cushioned or a piece of soft wood covered with tarred canvas, placed on the trestletrees and against the mast, for the collars of the shrouds to rest on, to prevent chafing.
n. pl.
Pieces of timber bolted to certain parts of a mast to support the trestletrees.
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A square bar of wood or iron, used to support the topmast, being passed through a hole or mortise at its heel, and resting on the trestle trees.
n.
A structure of considerable magnitude, usually with arches or supported on trestles, for carrying a road, as a railroad, high above the ground or water; a bridge; especially, one for crossing a valley or a gorge. Cf. Trestlework.
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