Part 71

Tow

Whatever is drawn after a Boat or Ship with a Rope, &c. is said to be Towed.

Trail-board

Is a carved Board let into, or nailed on the Knee of the Head, just below the Lyon.

Transoms

Are large Pieces of Timber forming the Buttock, or After-part of the Ship on both Sides; they are transversely situate on the Post, and in the Middle bolted to it; their Ends are fastened to the After-Timbers on each Side respectively, called Fashion Pieces; they are denominated severally according to their Elevations, as Wing Transoms, Deck Transoms, Transoms under the Deck, &c. All which, as Post Transoms, and Fashion Pieces, being framed together, is commonly called the Stern Frame.

Traverse

A Ship when she makes Angles in and out, and cannot keep directly to her true Course, is called a Traverse. In Navigation, is the Variation of the Ship's Course, upon shifting of Winds, &c. And a Traverse Board, is a little round Board which hangs up, and bored full of Holes upon Lines, shewing the Points of the Compass upon it; by moving a little Peg from Hole to Hole, the Men at the Helm or Steering Wheel keeps an Account how many Glasses (that is, Half Hours) the Ship Steers upon any Point.

Treenails

Are long Pins of Wood, whence they are called Tree-nails, made out of Oak, to fasten the Planks to the Timbers, and are always Caulked with Ocham to prevent any Leak.

Tressle trees

Are those Timbers that stand Fore and Aft at the Mast-head, for the Tops to lie on.

Tressle

A wooden Frame to bear up Tables, Deals, Scaffolds, &c.

Triangles

Are made out of large Spars, having their lower Ends ferrilled with a Ring, and a Spud drove into them, which runs into the Ground to steddy them; their upper End has a Bolt that goes through the three Parts, where a Staple is fixed for hanging a Scale Beam, when they are made use of for weighing Stores without Doors, as are received or delivered into the Yard.

Trip

A Ship goes with her Topsails a Trip she carries them hoisted up to the highest, and when the Wind blows not too hard.

Trim

Of a Ship, is her best Posture, with respect to her Proportion of Ballast, the standing of her Masts, &c. for Sailing, and the best Way to make her Sail well, and to find her Trim, depends very much on Experience and Judgment.

Trise

For hauling up any Thing by a single Rope, that do not run in a Block, but is done by Hand or main Strength. Thus if any Cask, Chest, or other Goods hath only a Rope fastened to it, and without a Tackle is pulled up into the Ship by Hand, it is Trised up.

Trivets

Are used by the Caulkers for large Kettles to stand on for heating Stuff when Paying Ships.

Trough

Is the Hollow or Cavity made between any two Waves or Billows in a rowling Sea.

Trucks

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