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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 ]
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.
A directorial republic is a government system with power divided among a college of several people who jointly exercise the powers of a head of state and/or a head of government. Merchant republic: In the early Renaissance, a number of small, wealthy, trade-based city-states embraced republican ideals, notably across Italy and the Baltic.
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 ...
Basically, the modern trestle desk improv is a plank of wood set on two trestles. It is eminently portable, and eminently practical, when care is taken to provide stable trestles. The advent of the cubicle desk created a market for independent desk elements of all kinds, such as short, rolling filing cabinets.
Proposed structural changes to local government in England were set out in the English devolution white paper published by the UK government on 16 December 2024. The white paper announced that where possible, there was a desire for existing two-tier area—where services are provided by both county councils and district councils—to be reorganised into a smaller number of unitary authorities ...
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.
A writing table (French bureau plat) has a series of drawers directly under the surface of the table, to contain writing implements, so that it may serve as a desk. Antique versions have the usual divisions for the inkwell , the blotter and the sand or powder tray in one of the drawers, and a surface covered with leather or some other material ...