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Trestlework

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trestlenounA horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses.
trestle boardnounAlternative spelling of trestleboard. [A drawing board used by Freemasons.]
saw-trestlenounSawhorse.
trestle-boardnounAlternative spelling of trestleboard. [A drawing board used by Freemasons.]
trestleboardnounA drawing board used by Freemasons.
floating bridgenounA bridge of rafts or beams of timber lying on the surface of the water.
trenchworknoun(military) A system of trenches.
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.
treillagenoun(horticulture) latticework for supporting vines, etc.; an espalier; a trellis.
torselnoun(carpentry) A plate of timber for the end of a beam or joist to rest on.
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.
stretchernounA simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured, or dead person.
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.]
travailnoun(literary) Arduous or painful exertion; excessive labor, suffering, hardship.
stretcher bondnoun(masonry) In bricklaying, an arrangement of bricks or stones laid lengthwise in successive courses, the joints of the one falling at the middle of that above and below.
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.
liggernoun(slang) A freeloader or hanger-on, especially in the music or entertainment industry.
tramplatenoun(rail transport, historical) A type of iron rail used on a tramroad.
scaffoldnounA structure made of scaffolding for workers to stand on while working on a building.
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.]

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