Ship-building. [CROSS- 4.] (See quot. 1850.)
c. 1850. Rudim. Navig. (Weale), 112. Cross-spales. Deals or fir plank nailed in a temporary manner to the frames of a ship at a certain height, by which the frames are kept to their proper breadths, until the deck-knees are fastened.
1869. Sir E. J. Reed, Shipbuild., viii. 154. In many yards the ship is faired by means of ribands and cross-spalls only before the beams are fitted.
