trestle trees - In ships long pieces of timber fitted at the masthead in a fore-and-aft direction to support the cross trees.
triatic stay - A stay from foremast head to mainmast head in a schooner, and termed sciatic stay in old works.
Bibbs - Pieces of timber bolted to the hounds of a mast of a square rigged ship to support the trestle trees.
Bible - see Holystone
Bight - (1) The part of a line between the ends. (2) A loop in a line.
MAST HOUNDS The upper portion of the mast at which the outrigger or trestle trees are fitted. Also applied to that portion at which the hound band for attaching the shrouds is fitted on masts without outrigger or trestle trees.
 See also: Gangway, Fore-and-aft, Abaft, Knee, Fluke
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