trestle-work

The tide was high and the river brimming full, looking as if it must drown all the forest, and the trestle-work roots on which the mangroves are hoisted were all submerged.

The Golden Chersonese and the way thither Isabella Lucy 2004

He looks up through the trestle-work at the shadow feet flying between the slats and follows at a trot below.

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

He looks up through the trestle-work at the shadow feet flying between the slats and follows at a trot below.

Fall On Your Knees Macdonald Ann-Marie 1996

Of the Marches Mr. Wilson writes: "They greatly admired in Quebec the 'thick-ankled' French Canadian 'peasants'; but on their way back to Buffalo, they 'owned that this railroad suburb had its own impressiveness, and they said that the trestle-work was as noble in effect as the lines of aqueducts that stalk across the Roman Campagne."'

Fruits of the MLA Gottesman, Ronald 1968

In that time all the trestle-work, stringers and boxes were put in place.

Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis

The timber for the trestle-work of bridges was brought from Puget's Sound.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867 Various

The trestle-work is very substantial, and undoubtedly strong enough to support a narrow-gauge railway.

Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis

Temporary trestle-work of wood is substituted for stone bridges and culverts.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Various

It is built wholly on trestle-work and stringers; there is not a cut in the whole distance, and the grade is so heavy that there is little danger of a jam.

Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis

The trestle-work is thoroughly braced longitudinally and across, so that no break can extend further than a single box, which is 16 feet.

Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Harry A. Lewis