chesstree

chesstree
\\ˈchesˌtrē\ noun
Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from French châssis framework — more at chassis
: a piece of wood with a sheave or sheaves formerly bolted in the topsides of a ship and through which a tack or sheet was rove

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/ches"tree'/, n. Naut.
(in the 17th and 18th centuries) 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.
[1620-30; perh. by folk etymology < F châssis frame; see CHASSIS]

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