Trestletree
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite sides of the masthead to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top.
"For, besides one of the bibs being defective, the larboard trestletree, and one of the cross-trees were sprung"
Example
More examples"For, besides one of the bibs being defective, the larboard trestletree, and one of the cross-trees were sprung"
Etymology
From trestle + tree.
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