jan 1, 1699 - trestle

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A wooden structure used as a support for boards, usually in pairs. 1396 <i>unum par tristelles</i>, Hedon (ERAS10/6); 1410 <i>de ij tabulis mensalibus et j pari tristellorum</i>, York (SS45/48); 1503 <i>tabulas meas mensales cum le trestels</i>, Ripon (SS64/296); 1588 <i>two litle trestles</i>, Dalton (WBW19); 1694 <i>2 tressells for the brickmakers</i>, Tong (Mss4d/3); 1698 <i>for makeing ladders and thristles</i>, Pickering (YAJ35/219). The use of trestles in bridge building is first noted in the OED in 1796 and their function was defined in detail by Smiles in 1861. They formed a part of the complicated timber-work which supported the arch. A reference in the accounts for Kirkstall Bridge in 1616 implies that the trestles were a fundamental part of the centres, if not the centres themselves (BAS6/146):</br><i>For tymber for makinge the trysletes of the arch £20</br>For leadinge of this tymber over the value of the tymber when it hathe served</br> for Set the Arch upon £5</br>For workinge of this tymber and settinge in the Ryver £25</br></i>In 1699 <i>5 Trissels </i>and <i>55 Tressel feet </i>were part of <i>a Frame for turning the Arch on </i>Tadcaster Bridge (QS1/38/4).

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