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Webster 1913 Edition


Trestletree

Tres′tle-treeˊ

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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.
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trestletree

trestletree

See also: trestle tree

English

Noun

trestletree (plural trestletrees)

  1. (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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