Trestletree
noun, Nautical.
1.
either of a pair of timbers or metal shapes lying along the tops of the hounds or cheeks of a mast to support crosstrees or a top.
noun
1.
(nautical) either of a pair of fore-and-aft timbers fixed horizontally on opposite sides of a lower masthead to support an upper mast
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