Meaning of crosstree | Babel Free
Definitions
A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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