A nautical term for a chain or rope used to hoist cargo, or a knot used in sailing.
From Old Norse 'tøg' (tackle, rigging) or possibly related to 'tie.' The nautical sense is specialized vocabulary from maritime trade and ship-building traditions.
Maritime vocabulary is full of words like 'tye' that are so specific they've almost disappeared from English—but they reveal how detailed the language of sailing had to be when people's lives depended on ropes and knots. Modern sailors mostly use simpler modern terms.
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