T
TABLING to TAIL
TAIL-BLOCK to TENDING
TENON to TIDE
TIER to TOGGEL
TOMPION to TOPPING
TOPPING-LIFT to TRACT-SCOUT
TOPPING-LIFT
TORNADO
TOUCHING
TOUCHING-AT
To TOW
TOW-LINE
TOW-ROPE
TRACING-LINE
TRACK of a ship
TRACT-SCOUT
TRACTING to TREE-NAILS
TRESTLE-TREES to TRIP
TRIPPING to TRYING
TUCK to TYE
Search
Contact us
TRACING-LINE
TRACING-LINE, (martinet, Fr.) a small cord generally passing through a block or thimble, and used to hoist up any object to a higher station, in order to render it less inconvenient. Such are the tracing-lines of the awnings, and those of the yard-tackles, which, by hanging down in a cavity or bight, would be aukward and incommodious.
 |
Reference Works |  |
© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 296, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1384.html