'Top-chain' definitions:
Definition of '
Top-chain
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From:
GCIDE
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]
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