cross-staff
noun
an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
cross-staffs
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pluralof cross-staff.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Got Gordon to make a dozen cross-staffs and started for it to take levels.
From The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 by Gordon Sellar
