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crosstrees definition

cross·trees (-trēz′)

plural noun

two short bars across a ship's masthead, to spread the rigging that supports the mast

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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