Transoms. (See Plate 3.) Pieces of timber going across the stern-post, to which they are bolted.
Transom-knees. Knees bolted to the transoms and after timbers.
Traveller. An iron ring, fitted so as to slip up and down a rope.
Treenails, or Trunnels. Long wooden pins, used for nailing a plank to a timber.
Trend. The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same distance on the shank from the throat that the arm measures from the throat to the bill.
Trestle-trees. Two strong pieces of timber, placed horizontally and fore-and-aft on opposite sides of a mast-head, to support the cross-trees and top, and for the fid of the mast above to rest upon.
Triatic Stay. A rope secured at each end to the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced into its bight, to hook the stay tackles to.
Trice. To haul up by means of a rope.
Trick. The time allotted to a man to stand at the helm.
Trim. The condition of a vessel, with reference to her cargo and ballast. A vessel is trimmed by the head or by the stern.