Where a topmast is fitted the lower ends of its standing rigging may be secured to athwartship and fore-and-aft cross-pieces which are fitted to the lower masthead and called respectively cross-trees and trestle-trees; these are supported by brackets called cheeks, and over them is built a platform called a top.
Apho iflegi ende ilinganiswa nesiphelo esisezantsi sokumisa, ukuxhobisa kungakhuseleka iinqanawa ze-artwart kunye nangaphambili nangasemva kunqamlezo lwamaqhekeza ezithi zilinganiswe nentloko ende yeflegi engezantsi kwaye ibizwe ngokuhloniphekileyo kunqamlezo-mithi nakwimithi engxabalazileyo, ezi zixhaswa zizigweqe ezibizwa ngokuba zezidibeneyo, kwaye ngapha kwazo zakhiwe iplatfom ebizwa ngomphezulu.