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trestle
early 14c., "a support for something," from O.Fr.
trestel
"crossbeam" (12c.), presumed to be an alteration of L.
*transtellum
, dim. of
transtrum
"beam, crossbar." Specific meaning "support for a bridge" is recorded from 1796.
