English Explanatory Dictionary

forestaff

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, later replaced by the sextant.

Word forms

forestaff forestaffs forestaves

Etymology

From fore- + staff.

Synonyms

cross-staff
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on F Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary