Your most usual point of perch is the head of the t’ gallant-mast, where you stand upon two thin parallel sticks (almost peculiar to whalemen) called the t’ gallant crosstrees.
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Crosstree
Synonyms for "crosstree" (3 found)
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6 translations across 6 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- zaling noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
Finnish
1 entries- saalinki noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
German
1 entries- Saling noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
Hebrew
1 entries- קֵרוּי עֵרֶב noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
Polish
1 entries- saling noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
Russian
1 entries- са́линг noun (a light timber to spread the shrouds)
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