Definition of Trestlitree
Tres"tle*tree` (?), n. (Naut.)
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite
sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top;
-- generally used in the plural. Totten.
Tres"tle*tree` (?), n. (Naut.)
One of two strong bars of timber, fixed horizontally on the opposite
sides of the masthead, to support the crosstrees and the frame of the top;
-- generally used in the plural. Totten.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
English
- A structure attached to a mast to support the heel of a topmast.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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