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(Tingel) A batten, triangular in cross section, that closed the outboard part of the space between the garboard strake and the floors.
Tiller (Roerpen) A beam for controlling the rudder. Top. See (Mast) top.
Topgallant mast (Bramsteng) An extension of the topmast, carrying the topgallant yard.
Topgallant yard (Bramra) Yard on a topgallant mast, carrying a topgallant sail.
Topmast (Steng) An extension of the mast.
Topmast yard (Marsera) Yard on the topmast, carrying
the topsail.
Top timber (Stut) The top part of a frame, shaping the topside of the ship.
Torus (Thorus) A molding planed into a convex shape to form the second cover in the stern.
Transom (Worp) Horizontal reinforcement of the stern situated between the wing transom and the broekstuk, connecting the fashion pieces and the stern.
Treenail (Nagel ) Wooden dowel used to fasten planking to the frames.
Trestletree (Langszaling) One of a pair of wooden pieces on top of the sides of the hounds to support the top.
Truck (Kloot) A ball-shaped piece of wood forming part of the parrel.
Turn of the bilge (Kim) Area of the ship’s hull where the horizontal bottom curves toward the vertical.
Tumble home (Invalling) The inward curve of the ship’s sides as viewed in cross section.
Twisted cornice (Slingerlijst) A term for the second cover, in reference to its complex shape: high in the middle, sloping downward toward the sides, and rising again at the end, where the plank was twisted to align with the rail of the quarter gallery.
Upper deck (Verdek) The second deck of a ship, running from bow to stern.
Upper works (Vertuining) The uppermost, clinker- planked part of the hull above the sheer rail.
Wainscot (Wagenschot) Radially sawn or cleft planks.
Wale (Berghout) One of the thick strakes above and below the gunports, following the sheer of the ship. Very important for longitudinal strength.
Washboard (Zetplank) A removable plank in the waist of the ship above the sheer rail.
Washstrake (Zetgang) The first plank of the upper works.
Waterboard (Waterbord) The waterway of the uppermost decks of the ship.
Watershed (Uitwatering) Literally, the place where the lower deck drains. In the shipbuilding procedure described by Witsen, the height of the watershed is the same as that of the master ribband.
Waterway (Lijfhout, legwaring) The heavy part of the deck planking, the part fitted against the frames in the sides of the ship.
Whelp (Scheen) Tapering piece of wood radially mounted to the drum of a capstan.
Whipstaff (Kolderstok) A timber bar or rod attached with a bearing to the forward end of the tiller; used as a lever to control the tiller at small helm angles and also as a rod to push or pull the tiller at larger helm angles.
Windlass (Spil ) An apparatus for lifting heavy loads, usually a type of winch with a horizontal or vertical shaft and a rotating drum around which a rope can be wound.
Wing transom (Hek, hekbalk) A horizontal beam on top of the sternpost that determined the width of the stern. All the planking of the flat tuck ended there; thus, it defined the breadth of the tuck.
Yard (Ra) A spar to which a sail is attached.
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