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T TABLING to TAIL TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING TENON to TIDE TIER to TOGGEL TIER TIER of the cable TIGHT TILLER TILT TIMBERS TIMBER AND ROOM, or room and space TIMONEER TOGETHER! TOGGEL TOMPION to TOPPING TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT TRACTING to TREE-NAILS TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP TRIPPING to TRYING TUCK to TYE Search Contact us |
TIER of the cableTIER of the cable, is a range of the fakes or windings of the cable, which are laid within one another in an horizontal position, so as that the last becomes the innermost. See COILING.cable-TIER is the hollow space in the middle of a cable, when it is coiled.
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