9 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
noun an early form of sextant
originFrom Middle English astrelabie et al., from Middle French astrolabe, Old French astrelabe, from Ancient Greek ἀστρολάβος (astrolábos, “star-taking”), from ἄστρον (ástron, “star”) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0