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Trestle

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bridgenounA construction or natural feature that spans a divide.
decknoun(card games) A pack or set of playing cards.
upstairsnounAn upper storey.
stacknoun(heading) A pile.
saw-trestlenounSawhorse.
trestleworknounA system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge.
trestle boardnounAlternative spelling of trestleboard. [A drawing board used by Freemasons.]
trestle-boardnounAlternative spelling of trestleboard. [A drawing board used by Freemasons.]
threstlenounA three-legged stool.
torselnoun(carpentry) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
trestleboardnounA drawing board used by Freemasons.
saw-stoolnounsawhorse.
scantlingnoun(chiefly in the plural) The set size or dimension of a piece of timber, stone etc., or materials used to build ships or aircraft.
stretchernounA simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
travoisenounAlternative form of travois. [(originally and chiefly Canada, US, historical) A frame, often consisting of two poles tied together at one end to form a V-shaped structure with the vertex attached to a dog, horse, etc., or held by a person and the other ends touching the ground, which was used by indigenous peoples (notably the Plains Aboriginals of North America) to drag loads over land.]
straddlenoun(finance) An investment strategy involving simultaneous trade with put and call options on the same security at the same strike price, giving a non-directional position sensitive to volatility.
stringernoun(journalism) A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
railway tienounAlternative form of railroad tie. [(rail transport, US) A heavy, preserved piece of hewn timber laid crossways to and supporting the rails of a railroad or a member of similar shape and function of another material such as concrete.]
strutnoun(also figuratively) A step or walk done stiffly and with the head held high, often due to haughtiness or pride; affected dignity in walking.
travenoun(architecture) A crossbeam.

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