timmynoggy
A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each otherA rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
Meaning
4 sensesA rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
(broadly)Given to various strop and toggle gadgets on board ship, used in connection with the upper yards to save time in sail drill.
(broadly)A device more or less makeshift, to enable something to be done more expeditiously than would be possible in the ordinary way.
Candleholder of iron.
Origin
Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.
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Forms
plural: timmynoggiesSynonyms
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