trestle support

trestle support is a furniture component.

Also recorded as trestle leg; fixed trestle; folding trestle; trestle; working trestle; work trestle.

Overview

Its recorded use is architectural engineering and craft. Catalogue entries for furniture state timber, construction, later restoration and dimensions. VALÉORINE records this subject so that lots referring to it can be described consistently.

In detail

mainly a horizontal piece of wood fitted with four divergent legs that serve, together with at least another one of the same type, to hold a board or several posts forming a temporary table or desk

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
“Trestle support”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata
Wikidata, structured authority record Q14928267: trestle support
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