trestle table

noun

: a table supported on trestles

Examples of trestle table in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hanging above a 19th-century Swedish-oak trestle table sourced from Adam Lloyd is a framed hand-cut paper collage by Lena Wolff. — Genevieve Walker, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026

The fireside brunch at the hotel’s Glitretind Restaurant is a must-have meal; wooden trestle tables are heaped with pastries, salads, crepes, cheeses, eggs, and smoked fish (and the requisite carving table), evoking the chalet-chic of Lech, Austria. — Amy Tara Koch, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2026

But what is likely not from Germany is the practice of laying out all the presents on long trestle tables set up in the main hall. — Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 24 Dec. 2025

Last month, more than six hundred people ate lunch together on trestle tables that snaked through the cobbled streets of Acciaroli, to celebrate fifteen years since Unesco designated the Mediterranean diet part of Italy’s intangible cultural heritage. — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trestle table

• damnable
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• enable
• roundtable
• timetable
• turntable
• unable
• unstable
• able
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