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Webster 1913 Edition

Cross-spall

{

Cross′-spaleˊ

(-sp?lˊ)

,

Cross′-spallˊ

(-sp?lˊ)

, }

Noun.

[See

&

.]

(Shipbuilding)

One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.