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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 ]
The word tenon, a noun in English since the late 14th century, ... Two tusked through tenons are used to hold the trestles of this trestle table together.
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.
Trestle table, a table supported by trestle support elements; Trestle (mill), part of a post mill consisting of a structure of trestle support elements; Trestle tree, a structure that is part of a traditional square rigged sailing ship's top; Trestle (heraldry), a charge in heraldry depicting a three-legged tripod traditionally used as a stool ...
In woodworking, a saw-horse or sawhorse (saw-buck, trestle, buck) [1] is a trestle structure used to support a board or plank for sawing. A pair of sawhorses can support a plank, forming a scaffold. [2] In certain circles, it is also known as a mule and a short sawhorse is known as a pony.
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 ...
The word table is derived from Old English tabele, derived from the Latin word tabula ('a board, plank, flat top piece'), which replaced the Old English bord; [3] its current spelling reflects the influence of the French table.
While proper names may be realized by multi-word constituents, a proper noun is word-level unit in English. Thus, Zealand, for example, is a proper noun, but New Zealand, though a proper name, is not a proper noun. [4] Unlike some common nouns, proper nouns do not typically show number contrast in English.