timmynoggy

noun4

1. •
   A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.

   • There were local names for this rope roller; it was called the 'bulljowler' in St Ives and the 'timmynoggy' in parts of Mount's Bay. — 2014
2. •
   Given to various strop and toggle gadgets on board ship, used in connection with the upper yards to save time in sail drill.
3. •
   A device more or less makeshift, to enable something to be done more expeditiously than would be possible in the ordinary way.
4. •
   Candleholder of iron.