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trestletree

trestletree noun: 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.

Noun

trestletree (plural trestletrees)

  1. 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.
    • For, besides one of the bibs being defective, the larboard trestletree, and one of the cross-trees were sprung1813, William Fordyce Mavor, Cook's 3rd Voyage

Forms of trestletree

pluraltrestletrees

Origin of trestletree

From trestle + tree.

Questions about trestletree

What does trestletree mean?
Trestletree means 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.
What part of speech is trestletree?
Trestletree is a noun.
What is the plural of trestletree?
The plural of trestletree is trestletrees.

Words near trestletree in the dictionary

  1. trestle-boards
  2. trestleboard
  3. trestleboards
  4. trestled
  5. trestles
  6. trestletree
  7. trestletrees
  8. trestlewise
  9. trestlework
  10. trestleworks
  11. trestling

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