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crosstree

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cross·tree  (krôstr, krs-)
n. Nautical
One of the two horizontal crosspieces at the upper ends of the lower masts in fore-and-aft-rigged vessels, serving to spread the shrouds.
crosstree [ˈkrɒsˌtriː]
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical either of a pair of wooden or metal braces on the head of a mast to support the topmast, etc.
Translations
crosstree [ˈkrɒsˌtriː] n (Naut) → crocetta
crosstree [ˈkrɒsˌtriː] n (Naut) → crocetta


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And Simon Nishikanta tore himself away from his everlasting painting of all colour-delicacies of sea and sky such as are painted by seminary maidens, to be helped and hoisted up the ratlines of the mizzen rigging, the huge bulk of him, by two grinning, slim-waisted sailors, until they lashed him squarely on the crosstrees and left him to stare with eyes of golden desire, across the sun-washed sea through the finest pair of unredeemed binoculars that had ever been pledged in his pawnshops.
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