trestle

1. 1.

   a supporting tower used to support a bridge

   Broadersupporting tower

   Part ofbridge
2. 2.

   sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop

   Broadersawhorse

   Part oftrestle table

Other forms of trestle

plural

trestles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about trestle

What does trestle mean?

trestle means "a supporting tower used to support a bridge". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in trestle?

trestle has 2 syllables: tres-tle. The stress falls on "tres". In IPA it is /ˈtɹɛsəl/.

Is trestle a common word?

trestle is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.