Top-rope. The rope used for sending topmasts up and down.
Topsail. (See Plate 2.) The second sail above the deck.
Topgallant Sail. (See Plate 2.) The third sail above the deck.
Topping-lift. (See Plate 1.) A lift used for topping up the end of a boom.
Top Timbers. The highest timbers on a vessel's side, being above the futtocks. (See Plate 3.)
Toss. To throw an oar out of the rowlock, and raise it perpendicularly on its end, and lay it down in the boat, with its blade forward.
Touch. A sail is said to touch, when the wind strikes the leech so as to shake it a little.
Luff and touch her! The order to bring the vessel up and see how near she will go to the wind.
Tow. To draw a vessel along by means of a rope.
Train-tackle. The tackle used for running guns in and out.