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ROUGH-TREE
ROUGH-TREE, a name given in merchant-ships to any mast, yard, or boom, placed as a rail or fence above the ship's side, from the quarterdeck to the fore-castle. It is, however, with more propriety, applied to any mast, &c. which remains rough and unfinished.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 247, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1093.html