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Cross-trees

CROSS-TREES

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Noun.
In ships, certain pieces of timber, supported by the cheeks and trestle-trees, at the upper ends of the lower masts, to sustain the frame of the top, and on the top masts, to extend the topgallant shrouds.

Definition 2024

cross-trees

cross-trees

See also: crosstrees

English

Noun

cross-trees pl ‎(plural only)

  1. (nautical) Two horizontal beams at the top of the lower and top masts, used to spread rigging and as a standing place for sailors.

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