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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(nautical) Two horizontal beams at the top of the lower and top masts, used to spread rigging and as a standing place for sailors..
Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds, rattled up hand over hand, and did not draw a breath till I was seated on the cross-trees.
Use cross-trees when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cross-trees means (nautical) Two horizontal beams at the top of the lower and top masts, used to spread rigging and as a standing place for sailors..
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Quick as thought, I sprang into the mizzen shrouds, rattled up hand over hand, and did not draw a breath till I was seated on the cross-trees.
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