Top-chain

Top-chain
Top-chain Top"-chain`, n. (Naut.) A chain for slinging the lower yards, in time of action, to prevent their falling, if the ropes by which they are hung are shot away. [1913 Webster]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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