chess-treen.

Forms: 1600s cheese-tree, 1600s ches-tre, 1600s cheteres (plural, perhaps transmission error), 1600s–1700s ches-tree, 1700s–1800s chess-tree.

Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French chas , tree n.

Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps Middle French, French chas needle-eye, etc. (13th cent. in Old French: see chase n.³)) + tree n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchess-tree.

Nautical.

(See quot. 1769.)

ΚΠ

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 23 Tackes are..reeued first thorow the chestres.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. Cheteres.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. i. 18 Get the main Tack close down, in the Cheese-tree.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 Then, to the chesstree, bring aboard the tack.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Ches-trees, two pieces of wood bolted perpendicularly, one on the starboard, and the other on the larboard side of the ship. They are used to confine the clue, or lower corners of the mainsail; for which purpose there is a hole in the upper part through which the rope passes that..extends the clue..to windward.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 236 A huge wave..struck us on the chess-tree, and deluged us..fore and aft.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	chess-tree
释义	chess-treen. Forms: 1600s cheese-tree, 1600s ches-tre, 1600s cheteres (plural, perhaps transmission error), 1600s–1700s ches-tree, 1700s–1800s chess-tree. Origin: Perhaps a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Etymons: French chas , tree n. Etymology: < a first element of uncertain identity (perhaps Middle French, French chas needle-eye, etc. (13th cent. in Old French: see chase n.³)) + tree n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchess-tree. Nautical. (See quot. 1769.) ΚΠ 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 23 Tackes are..reeued first thorow the chestres. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. Cheteres. 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. i. 18 Get the main Tack close down, in the Cheese-tree. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 Then, to the chesstree, bring aboard the tack. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Ches-trees, two pieces of wood bolted perpendicularly, one on the starboard, and the other on the larboard side of the ship. They are used to confine the clue, or lower corners of the mainsail; for which purpose there is a hole in the upper part through which the rope passes that..extends the clue..to windward. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 236 A huge wave..struck us on the chess-tree, and deluged us..fore and aft. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1627
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