Trestle or Trestles may refer to: : Structures and structural elements: **

Trestle support In structural engineering, a trestle support (or simply trestle) is a structural element with rigid Beam (structure), beams forming the equal sides of two parallel isosceles triangles, joined at their Apex (geometry), apices by a Plank (wood), p ...

, the structural element that supports a trestle bridge, trestle desk, trestle table, or similar structures **

Trestle bridge A trestle bridge is a bridge composed of a number of short spans supported by closely spaced frames usually carrying a railroad line. A trestle (sometimes tressel) is a rigid frame used as a support, historically a tripod used to support a st ...

, a bridge composed of trestle support elements ***

Trestles Bridge Trestles Bridge, more formally known as Railroad Bridge 207.6 or the San Mateo Creek Bridge, is a low railroad viaduct on the coast of Southern California, in northern San Diego County near its border with Orange County. The bridge lies within ...

, a railroad viaduct in California **

Trestle desk There are two kinds of trestle desk: as with trestle tables, some have trestles joined by one or more stretchers (and sometimes to the desktop), and some have free-standing trestles. They can be dismantled, with the desk top removed from the tr ...

, a desk supported by trestle support elements **

Trestle table 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. In the Middle Ages, the trestle table was often lit ...

, a table supported by trestle support elements **

Trestle (mill) The trestle of a post mill is the arrangement of the ''main post'', ''crosstrees'' and ''quarterbars'' that form the substructure of this type of windmill. It may or may not be surrounded by a ''Roundhouse (windmill), roundhouse''. Post mills w ...

, 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 or table support *

Trestles (surfing) Trestles is a collection of surfing spots between northern San Onofre State Beach in San Diego County and southern San Clemente, California, San Clemente in Orange County, California, Orange County in California. Trestles consists of, from no ...

, a surfing location in California with a name that refers to a nearby trestle bridge structure * Trestle (also known as ATLAS-I), a non-nuclear electromagnetic pulse test facility for aircraft supported by the world's largest trestle structure made entirely of wood and glue

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