The wooden platform secured to the cross trees at the masthead and which formed a widened base from which to rig the shrouds for the top masts. In fighting ships it was also used as a platform for the marines who could fire down into the waist of an enemy ship alongside.
Yiplatfomu yeplanga ekhuselwe kwimithi enqamlezileyo kwintloko yemasti eyenza isiseko esibanzi apho kumele kuxhotyiswe khona isikhephe ngemasti. Kwinqanawa ezilwayo yayisetyenziswa njengeplatfomu yomatiloshe ukuze bakwazi ukudubula kumazantsi enqanwa yotshaba.