trestle table

noun

: a table supported on trestles

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By contrast, the new system forces Gazans to walk long distances to reach isolated, heavily guarded sites where boxes of dry goods are left on trestle tables. Max Rodenbeck, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2025 In the Red Drawing Room, staff has already laid out presents on trestle tables for each family member — and the royal family doesn’t exchange expensive, lavish gifts, instead opting for gag gifts. Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024 The royal children will be brought into a big room at Sandringham House, their grandfather King Charles III's Norfolk mansion, where presents will be laid out on huge trestle tables covered in white cloth. Andy Biggs, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024 An Italian brass and opaline pendant from the 1940s hangs above a Swedish pine trestle table from the late 18th century. Sydney Gore, Architectural Digest, 6 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for trestle table

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of trestle table was in 1883

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“Trestle table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trestle%20table. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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