CROSSTREES

Meaning of CROSSTREES in English

( n. pl. )

Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

CROSSTREES — noun plural Date: 1626 two horizontal crosspieces of timber or metal supported by trestletrees at a masthead that spread the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CROSSTREES — (n. pl.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower …
Английский словарь Webster
CROSSTREES — noun plural Date: 1626 : two horizontal crosspieces of timber or metal supported by trestletrees at a masthead that spread …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROSSTREES — noun ·pl pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. at the head of lower …
Webster English vocab
CROSSTREES — ■ plural noun a pair of horizontal struts attached to a sailing ship's mast to spread the rigging, especially at …
Concise Oxford English vocab
CROSSTREES — [cross.trees] n pl (1626): two horizontal crosspieces of timber or metal supported by trestletrees at a masthead that spread the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROSSTREES — n. Pronunciation: -( ˌ )tr ē z Function: noun plural Date: 1626 : two horizontal crosspieces of timber or metal …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HORN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRESTLETREE — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : one of a pair of timber crosspieces fixed fore and aft on the masthead to support the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BULLOCK BLOCK — noun : a large iron-strapped gin block fitted under the topmast crosstrees to take the topsail tyes
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRESTLETREE — (n.) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the …
Английский словарь Webster
POLACCA — (n.) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one piece, and …
Английский словарь Webster
TRESTLETREE — ( n. ) One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
POLACCA — ( n. ) A vessel with two or three masts, used in the Mediterranean. The masts are usually of one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TRESTLETREE — /tres"euhl tree'/ , n. Naut. either of a pair of timbers or metal shapes lying along the tops of the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
JACK
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TRESTLETREE — noun one of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead, to support the …
Webster English vocab
POLACCA — noun ·see polonaise. 2. polacca ·noun a vessel with two or three masts, used in the mediterranean. the masts are …
Webster English vocab

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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