chesstree
[ ches-tree ]
/ ˈtʃɛsˌtri /
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noun Nautical.
(in the 17th and 18th centuries) a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves, attached to the topside of a sailing vessel, through which the windward tack of a course was rove.
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Origin of chesstree
1620–30; perhaps by folk etymology <French châssis frame; see chassis
Words nearby chesstree
chess clock, chessel, chessman, chess pie, chesspiece, chesstree, chest, chest compression, chested, Chester, chesterbed
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Example sentences from the Web for chesstree
Sea after sea struck her on the chesstree or the beam, pouring over her decks and adding to the accumulation of water in her hold.
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