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Webster 1913 Edition
Trestletree
Tres′tle-treeˊ
,Noun.
(Naut.)
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top; – generally used in the plural.
Totten.
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trestletree
trestletree
See also: trestle tree
English
Noun
trestletree (plural trestletrees)
- (nautical) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.
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