Usually means: Horizontal supports on a ship's mast.
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  1. crosstree: Merriam-Webster
  2. crosstree: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. crosstree: Collins English Dictionary
  4. crosstree: Wordnik
  5. crosstree: Wiktionary
  6. crosstree: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. crosstree: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. crosstree: Dictionary.com
  9. Crosstree: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. crosstree: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crosstree)

▸ noun:  (nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up

Similar:
spreader, jackcrosstree, cross-spall, chesstree, spar, crutch, tree, spur, string, ledge, more...

Types:
yardarm, gaff, crossjack, topgallant, more...

Phrases:
jack crosstree, more...

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Similar:
spreader, jackcrosstree, cross-spall, chesstree, spar, crutch, tree, spur, string, ledge, more...

Types:
yardarm, gaff, crossjack, topgallant, more...

Phrases:
jack crosstree, more...



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