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/ˈtɹɛsəl/ · noun
A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses..
He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
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Trestle means A horizontal member supported near each end by a pair of divergent legs, such as sawhorses..
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He turned the knob, but the door was locked. Retracing his steps past a vacant lot, the young man entered a shop where a colored man was employed in varnishing a coffin, which stood on two trestles in the middle of the floor.
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