Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chesstree"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chesstree \Chess"tree`\, n. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of
carpentry.] (Naut.)
A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a
vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the
mainsail.
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