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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CROSSTREES

CROSSTREES Cross "trees ` (-trz `), n. pl. (Naut. )

Defn: 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. "

New American Oxford Dictionary

crosstrees

cross trees |ˈkrôsˌtrēz ˈkrɔstriz | ▶plural noun a pair of horizontal struts attached to a sailing ship's mast to spread the rigging, esp. at the head of a topmast.

Oxford Dictionary

crosstrees

cross |trees |ˈkrɒstriːz | ▶plural noun a pair of horizontal struts attached to a sailing ship's mast to spread the rigging, especially at the head of a topmast.