English Explanatory Dictionary

crosstree

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up

Word forms

crosstree crosstrees

Etymology

From cross + tree.

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