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† ruff-tree see roof-tree 2 and rough-tree.
c1635N. Boteler Dial. Sea Services (1685) 132 Roof⁓trees, or as they are vulgarly called, Ruff-trees, are those Timbers which go from the Half-deck to the Fore-castle, and serve to bear up the Gratings, and Ledges where the Nettings are fastned. 1789Trans. Soc. Arts VII. 217 In a merchant-man, her ruff-tree. |