TRES-TINE Tres"-tine`, n. [Cf. L. tris, tres, three, and E. tyne, tine, a prong.]
Defn: The third tine above the base of a stag's antler; the royal antler.
TRESTLE
Tres"tle, n. Etym: [OF. trestel, tresteay, F. tréteau; probably from
L. transtillum a little crossbeam, dim. of transtrum a crossbeam. Cf.
Transom.] [Written also tressel.]
1. A movable frame or support for anything, as scaffolding, consisting of three or four legs secured to a top piece, and forming a sort of stool or horse, used by carpenters, masons, and other workmen; also, a kind of framework of strong posts or piles, and crossbeams, for supporting a bridge, the track of a railway, or the like.
2. The frame of a table. Trestle board, a board used by architects, draughtsmen, and the like, for drawing designs upon; — so called because commonly supported by trestles. — Trestle bridge. See under Bridge, n.
TRESTLETREE
Tres"tle*tree`, n. (Naut.)
Defn: One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; — generally used in the plural. Totten.
TRESTLEWORK
Tres"tle*work`, n.
Defn: A viaduct, pier, scaffold, or the like, resting on trestles connected together.
TRES-TYNE
Tres"-tyne`, n. Etym: [L. tris, tres, three + E. tyne.] (Zoöl.)