Originally Posted by bakermom
A board with 4 legs that form an upside-down v. you may call them something different. Carpenters use them to support boards for cutting, as scaffolding etc. Quilters use them as legs for makeshift cutting tables, quilting frames.
Great we call them trestles over here.. a trestle table is a door size piece of wood held up by these things, used as a temporary table.