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Transportation

Any mode or method of locomotion that serves to move people, goods or services from one location to another.

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tingle

Transportation; Nautical

a thin temporary patch.

tiller

Transportation; Nautical

a lever used for steering, attached to the top of the rudder post. Used mainly on smaller vessels, such as dinghies and rowing boats.

toe-rail

Transportation; Nautical

a low strip running around the edge of the deck like a low bulwark. It may be shortened or have gaps in it to allow water to flow off the deck.

toe the line

Transportation; Nautical

at parade, sailors and soldiers were required to stand in line, their toes in line with a seam of the deck.

togey

Transportation; Nautical

a rope used as a punitive device

topsides

Transportation; Nautical

the part of the hull between the waterline and the deck. Also, Above-water hull

touch and go

Transportation; Nautical

the bottom of the ship touching the bottom, but not grounding.