Stirrup.—A short rope supporting the foot-rope on which the sailors stand when aloft on the yards.
Tack.—To stay or ’bout ship. A reach to windward. The weather lower corner of a course.
Tackle.—Pronounced taykle. A combination of pulleys for obtaining of artificial power.
Taffrail.—The rail or bulwark round the sternmost end of a ship’s poop or after-deck.
Trick.—The ordinary two-hour spell at the wheel or on the look-out.
Windward or Weather.—That quarter from which the wind blows.
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