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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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How to use chesstree in a sentence
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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