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trestletrees

trestletrees is the plural of trestletree.

Meaning of trestletree

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

Questions about trestletrees

What is trestletrees the plural of?
Trestletrees is the plural of trestletree.

Words near trestletrees in the dictionary

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

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