Definition of "trestle" []

• A horizontal beam or bar held up by two pairs of divergent legs and used as a support. (noun)
• A framework consisting of vertical, slanted supports and horizontal crosspieces supporting a bridge. (noun)

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• "Retell “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce using a local train trestle and creek as the setting."
• "He recalled the trestle west of the forest where the bindlestiffs from the Pacific Fruit line jungled up at nights, or during long layovers."
• "The trestle was a double-decked structure of yellow pine, with 10 by 10-in. posts and sills, 10 by 14-in. intermediate and top caps, and 2 by 10-in. longitudinal and cross-braces."