English Explanatory Dictionary

cross-staff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An archbishop's cross.
  2. An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying.

Word forms

cross-staff cross-staffs cross-staves
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