释义 |
cross-staff \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun 1. a. : a processional staff usually with a cross or crucifix borne before an archbishop in his own province b. : crosier 2. : an instrument once used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies, especially of the sun 3. : a surveying instrument for laying off offsets perpendicular to the main course and consisting of two pairs of sights at right angles to each other on a staff sharp at the end |