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In woodworking, a trestle table is a table consisting of two or three trestle supports, often linked by a stretcher (longitudinal cross-member), over which a board or tabletop is placed. [1] In the Middle Ages , the trestle table was often little more than loose boards over trestle legs for ease of assembly and storage. [ 2 ]
Adding the mw-collapsible class to a table automatically positions the toggle, and selects which parts to collapse. A common use is to make a collapsible layout table, which always displays an introduction or summary, but hides the rest of the content from immediate view.
Trestle legs come in two kinds: Fixed trestle legs, where the angle between the legs is a fixed joint. Folding trestle legs, where the angle is hinged, to make them more compact and portable. In the United States, a table or desk supported by X-shaped trestles is usually called a sawbuck table.
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A 16th-century English folding table. The history of the folding table may date back as far as ancient Egypt. By the Colonial and Victorian eras, the tables were common. [1] During the 20th century, folding tables became an inexpensive item manufactured and sold in large quantities. In the 1940s, Durham Manufacturing Company was marketing a ...
Walnut trestle desk. US, 1740–80. The antique [clarification needed] trestle desk has linked trestles. It is usually very much like the writing table desk form, which offers a simple flat desktop surface with a few drawers underneath it. Unlike the writing table the trestle desk is supported by two legs instead of four, and the legs are ...
Several geometries of folding table that can be collapsed into a smaller volume (e.g., a TV tray, which is a portable, folding table on a stand) Heights ranging up and down from the most common 18–30 inches (46–76 cm) range, often reflecting the height of chairs or bar stools used as seating for people making use of a table, as for eating ...
Produces an HTML list that can be collapsed Template parameters [Edit template data] This template prefers block formatting of parameters. Parameter Description Type Status Title title The list's title (Always in view beside the list's [show/hide] link). String suggested Horizontal list hlist Use value 'on' or 'true' to produce a horizontal rather than vertical list Suggested values on true ...