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trestle-tree Naut.
Forms: see trestle.
[f. trestle n. + tree n. 3 a.]
pl. Two strong pieces of timber fixed horizontally fore-and-aft on opposite sides of a mast-head, to support the cross-trees, the top, and the fid of the mast above.
a1625Nomenclator Navalis (Harl. MS. 2301) Tressel-trees, are ioyned to the Cross-trees and doe lie crosse each other, and serue to the same vse, theie differ onlie that the Tressel trees ar those wch goe Long-ships, the other thwart ships. 1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 12 The trussell trees or crosse trees. 1804A. Duncan Mariner's Chron. Pref. 16 Certain timbers fixed upon the hounds and cheeks of the masts, and called the trestle trees, and cross-trees. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 76 The trussle-trees..are usually made of oak. 1911E. Gosse Poems, Ships on Sea iii, Less steadfast, o'er the trackless wave I strayed, And follow still their vanishing trestle-trees. |