"crosstree" meaning in English

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        "(nautical) A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up"
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          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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          "word": "zaling"
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          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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          "word": "Saling"
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          "roman": "kerui erev",
          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "קֵרוּי עֵרֶב"
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          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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          "word": "saling"
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          "roman": "sáling",
          "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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          "word": "са́линг"
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      "word": "zaling"
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      "sense": "a light timber to spread the shrouds",
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