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- Top-timbers Top"-tim`bers, n. (Naut.) The highest timbers on the side of a vessel, being those above the futtocks. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster]
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Top (sailing ship) — The foretop of the Prince William. Note the futtock shrouds (white painted rods angling inwards) and jacob s ladders; extending upwards are the topmast shrouds with their rope ratlines. On a traditional square rigged ship, the top is the platform … Wikipedia
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top slicing — Mining. mining of thick orebodies in a series of stopes from top to bottom, the roof being caved with its timbers as each stope is exhausted. * * * … Universalium
top-timber — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun : one of the highest timbers on the side of a ship above the futtocks … Useful english dictionary
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