Cross-staff
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cross-staff is a noun meaning (ecclesiastical, obsolete) An archbishop's cross.
Meaning
(ecclesiastical, obsolete) An archbishop's cross.
More Meanings
- (historical) An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying.
Example Sentences
The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides.
Word Forms
- cross-staffs
- cross-staves
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crossstaff, cleystaff, crosier, crook, crozier, crisscross-row.
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