Trestle-tree
Sea Terms
The two pieces of fore-and-aft horizontal timber resting on the hounds of the mast, and which support the cross-trees, and across which the fid of the mast above rests. (See Cross-trees.)
The two pieces of fore-and-aft horizontal timber resting on the hounds of the mast, and which support the cross-trees, and across which the fid of the mast above rests. (See Cross-trees.)