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Definition of Trestlework
1. Noun. A supporting structure composed of a system of connected trestles; for a bridge or pier or scaffold e.g..
Definition of Trestlework
1. n. A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.
Definition of Trestlework
1. Noun. a system of trestles, especially one used to support a bridge ¹
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Definition of Trestlework
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trestlework
Literary usage of Trestlework
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases in the by Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson (1883)
"... at a short distance to the west of appellant's station, the track passed over
a highway and canal upon an elevated trestlework several hundred feet in ..."
2. The Encyclopædia of Evidence by Edgar Whittlesey Camp, John Finley Crowe (1907)
"The embankment and trestlework were the property of the railway company. They were
used for the purposes of the company in operating its cars and trains, ..."
3. The American Reports: Containing All Decisions of General Interest Decided by Isaac Grant Thompson, Irving Browne (1883)
"The embankment and trestlework were the property of the railway company. They were
used for the purposes of the company in operating its cars and trains, ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in Ohio Courts of Record by Robert D. Handy, William Disney (1898)
"... proceeded to construct thereon, between Eighth street and a point north of
Court street, which embraced his property, a trestlework upon which the track ..."
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