† rising-staffn.Obsolete a length of wood used to mark the heights of the floor timbers of a ship.
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1664 E. BushnellCompl. Ship-wright 21 Take off all the Risings, and mark them on the Rising Staffe.
1769 W. FalconerUniversal Dict. Marine Transl. French TermsTablette, the rising-staff; a form, or scale, used by shipwrights when erecting the frames of the timbers.