cross-staff English

Meaning cross-staff meaning

What does cross-staff mean?

cross-staff noun

— (ecclesiastical, obsolete) A archbishop's cross.

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

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