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forestaves

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fore⋅staff

  [fawr-staf, -stahf, fohr-]
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–noun, plural -staves, -staffs.
cross-staff.
Origin:
1660–70; fore- + staff 1

cross-staff

  [kraws-staf, -stahf, kros-]
–noun, plural -staffs, -staves. Astronomy.
an instrument for measuring the angle of elevation of heavenly bodies, consisting of a calibrated staff with another shorter staff perpendicular to and sliding on it.
Also called forestaff, Jacob's staff.

Origin:
1400–50, for an earlier sense; late ME
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