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cross-staff

noun

Definitions

  1. An archbishop's cross.

  2. An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for…

    An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying.

    • The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides.

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