Both Uses of
trestle
in
The Hobbit
- Quickly they got out boards and trestles from the side walls and set them up near the fire.
p. 117.5 *trestles = sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
- One bore a white cloth embroidered at the edges with figures of animals; others bore on their broad backs trays with bowls and platters and knives and wooden spoons, which the dogs took and quickly laid on the trestle tables.
p. 117.7
Definition:
a bridge or raised road;
or: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
or: sawhorses used in pairs to support a horizontal tabletop
A trestle specifically refers to a framework of slanted braces and horizontal crosspieces