crosstree

Etymology

From cross + tree.

crosstree means A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up“Your most usual point of perch is the head of the t’ gallant-mast, where you stand upon two thin parallel sticks (almost peculiar to whalemen) called the t’ gallant crosstrees.”