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Top-Chain
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Top-Chain'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/top-chain.html. 1828.