n. a wooden fastening with one or more sheaves attached to the topside of a sailing vessel through which the windward tack of a course was rove
He passed the tack through the chesstree.
He passed the tack through the chesstree.
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wooden fastening; wood with a sheave;wood on topsideof a ship
metal anchor
2 syllables
chess-tree
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