timenoguyn.

Brit.

/ˈtɪmᵻˌnɒɡi/, U.S.

/ˌtaɪˈmɛnəˌɡaɪ/,

/ˈtɪmiˌnɑɡi/

Forms: 1700s tyminoguy, 1700s– timenoguy, 1800s timmeynoggy, 1800s timonogy, 1800s– timmynoggy, 1900s– timonoggy, 1900s– timonoguy, 2000s– timmyknocky.

Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, guy n.¹

Etymology: Probably < an element of uncertain origin (see note) + guy n.¹French timon tiller, helm (see timon n.²) is often suggested as the origin of the first element, although there is no evidence that the word was associated specifically with the steering equipment of a ship. The following passage from a 19th-cent. dictionary describes a fictional construction and is apparently motivated by folk etymology:1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 684 Timenoguy, formerly a rope... Timonogy, this term properly belongs to steering, and is derived from timon, the tiller, and the twiddling-lines, which worked in olden times on a gauge in front of the poop.., by which the position of the helm was easily read even from the forecastle. A derivation < French timon in a more general sense ‘pole, staff’ is more likely for sense 2, which denotes an arrangement used with a spar. The semantic connection between the two senses is unclear, and they may have been formed independently. With the later, vaguer, use in sense 1 compare gilguy n. 2. N.E.D. (1912) gives the stress as 'timeno'guy (apparently with main stresses on the first and last syllable). The Imperial Dict. (1882), the Cent. Dict. (1891), and most editions of Webster's from 1886 onwards give the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable, approximately U.S. /taɪˈmɛnəˌɡaɪ/ (the exception being Webster 1934, which gives U.S. /ˌtɪmiˈnɑɡi/ and U.S. /ˈtɪmiˌnɑɡi/).

Nautical.

1. Originally: any of various lengths of rope stretched taut between different parts of a ship to prevent tangling or fouling, as to deflect rigging from anchors, windlasses, etc. Later also: any labour-saving device or contrivance (see also quot. 1925); (more vaguely) a gadget, a thingummy. Chiefly historical in recent use.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace > rope to keep foresail sheets clear of anchor

horse1626

timenoguy1750

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget

jigger1874

gadget1885

timenoguy1886

toy1895

widget1924

gimmick1926

boondoggle1935

gizmo1943

1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 178 Tyminoguy, a Rope, one End nailed to the Outside of the Stock of an Anchor..and the other fastened or belayed to the Ship's Sides on the Fore-Castle.

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 178 Timenoguy, a Rope fastened at one end to the fore-shrouds, and nailed at the other end to the anchor-stock, on the bow, to prevent the fore~sheet from entangling.

1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Timenoguy, a rope carried taut between different parts of the vessel, to prevent the sheet or tack of a course from getting foul, in working ship.

1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift xxxi. 378 Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken~fixing, or a gadjet, or a gill-guy, or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just pro tem., you know.

1891 United Service June 638 They are first-rate fellows, but..they couldn't tell a top-sail fleet from a timenoguy.

1902 Outlook 5 Apr. 305/1 While you are clumsily explaining that what you want is some special-impromptu-contrivance-to-meet-the-special-requirements-of-a-certain-thing, the seafaring man shall cheerfully observe that he has rigged you up a ‘timonoggy’.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 282 Timmynoggy,..a name given to various strop and toggle gadgets on board ship... A device more or less makeshift, to enable something to be done more expeditiously than would be possible in the ordinary way.

1932 Naval Rev. 20 561 There were many types of derricks and davits..and ‘timmynoggies’ of all kinds.

1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise viii. 216 Two old shipmates are calling out, ‘Do you remember the three days' blow in the Mona Passage?—Do you remember Wilkins and his timenoguy?’

2005 WoodenBoat Forum (Electronic discussion group) 4 Mar. The heel of the yard lines up with a timmynoggy arrangement at the gaff throat so locking it hard in to the gaff/mast.

2. Chiefly in form timmynoggy. In some Cornish sailing ships before the middle of the 19th cent.: a notched piece of wood into which the end of a spar may be fitted. historical, now rare.

ΚΠ

1880 W. Bottrell Trad. W. Cornwall 3rd Ser. 198/2 Timmy-noggy, a notched square piece of wood, used to support the lower end of the Vargord.

1913 Mariner′s Mirror 3 37 A ‘bowline comb’ by means of which the bowline might be adjusted, much as the ‘vargord’ of a Cornish lugger was by its ‘comb’ or ‘timmy-noggy’.

1944 Mariner's Mirror 30 103 The foot of this spar..rested..in one of five or six notches (called ‘snatches’) in a piece of timber called a ‘timmynoggy’.

1963 R. M. Nance & P. A. S. Pool Gloss. Cornish Sea-Words Timmynoggy,..a wooden fitting..that was set on the gunwale..and there served to support and adjust the heel of the vargord.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	timenoguy
释义	timenoguyn. Brit. /ˈtɪmᵻˌnɒɡi/, U.S. /ˌtaɪˈmɛnəˌɡaɪ/, /ˈtɪmiˌnɑɡi/ Forms: 1700s tyminoguy, 1700s– timenoguy, 1800s timmeynoggy, 1800s timonogy, 1800s– timmynoggy, 1900s– timonoggy, 1900s– timonoguy, 2000s– timmyknocky. Origin: Probably formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: an element of uncertain origin, guy n.¹ Etymology: Probably < an element of uncertain origin (see note) + guy n.¹French timon tiller, helm (see timon n.²) is often suggested as the origin of the first element, although there is no evidence that the word was associated specifically with the steering equipment of a ship. The following passage from a 19th-cent. dictionary describes a fictional construction and is apparently motivated by folk etymology:1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 684 Timenoguy, formerly a rope... Timonogy, this term properly belongs to steering, and is derived from timon, the tiller, and the twiddling-lines, which worked in olden times on a gauge in front of the poop.., by which the position of the helm was easily read even from the forecastle. A derivation < French timon in a more general sense ‘pole, staff’ is more likely for sense 2, which denotes an arrangement used with a spar. The semantic connection between the two senses is unclear, and they may have been formed independently. With the later, vaguer, use in sense 1 compare gilguy n. 2. N.E.D. (1912) gives the stress as 'timeno'guy (apparently with main stresses on the first and last syllable). The Imperial Dict. (1882), the Cent. Dict. (1891), and most editions of Webster's from 1886 onwards give the pronunciation with stress on the second syllable, approximately U.S. /taɪˈmɛnəˌɡaɪ/ (the exception being Webster 1934, which gives U.S. /ˌtɪmiˈnɑɡi/ and U.S. /ˈtɪmiˌnɑɡi/). Nautical. 1. Originally: any of various lengths of rope stretched taut between different parts of a ship to prevent tangling or fouling, as to deflect rigging from anchors, windlasses, etc. Later also: any labour-saving device or contrivance (see also quot. 1925); (more vaguely) a gadget, a thingummy. Chiefly historical in recent use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace > rope to keep foresail sheets clear of anchor horse1626 timenoguy1750 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking > a device or contrivance > gadget jigger1874 gadget1885 timenoguy1886 toy1895 widget1924 gimmick1926 boondoggle1935 gizmo1943 1750 T. R. Blanckley Naval Expositor 178 Tyminoguy, a Rope, one End nailed to the Outside of the Stock of an Anchor..and the other fastened or belayed to the Ship's Sides on the Fore-Castle. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 178 Timenoguy, a Rope fastened at one end to the fore-shrouds, and nailed at the other end to the anchor-stock, on the bow, to prevent the fore~sheet from entangling. 1841 R. H. Dana Seaman's Man. Timenoguy, a rope carried taut between different parts of the vessel, to prevent the sheet or tack of a course from getting foul, in working ship. 1886 R. Brown Spunyarn & Spindrift xxxi. 378 Then the names of all the other things on board a ship! I don't know half of them yet; even the sailors forget at times, and if the exact name of anything they want happens to slip from their memory, they call it a chicken~fixing, or a gadjet, or a gill-guy, or a timmey-noggy, or a wim-wom—just pro tem., you know. 1891 United Service June 638 They are first-rate fellows, but..they couldn't tell a top-sail fleet from a timenoguy. 1902 Outlook 5 Apr. 305/1 While you are clumsily explaining that what you want is some special-impromptu-contrivance-to-meet-the-special-requirements-of-a-certain-thing, the seafaring man shall cheerfully observe that he has rigged you up a ‘timonoggy’. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 282 Timmynoggy,..a name given to various strop and toggle gadgets on board ship... A device more or less makeshift, to enable something to be done more expeditiously than would be possible in the ordinary way. 1932 Naval Rev. 20 561 There were many types of derricks and davits..and ‘timmynoggies’ of all kinds. 1973 P. O'Brian H.M.S. Surprise viii. 216 Two old shipmates are calling out, ‘Do you remember the three days' blow in the Mona Passage?—Do you remember Wilkins and his timenoguy?’ 2005 WoodenBoat Forum (Electronic discussion group) 4 Mar. The heel of the yard lines up with a timmynoggy arrangement at the gaff throat so locking it hard in to the gaff/mast. 2. Chiefly in form timmynoggy. In some Cornish sailing ships before the middle of the 19th cent.: a notched piece of wood into which the end of a spar may be fitted. historical, now rare. ΚΠ 1880 W. Bottrell Trad. W. Cornwall 3rd Ser. 198/2 Timmy-noggy, a notched square piece of wood, used to support the lower end of the Vargord. 1913 Mariner′s Mirror 3 37 A ‘bowline comb’ by means of which the bowline might be adjusted, much as the ‘vargord’ of a Cornish lugger was by its ‘comb’ or ‘timmy-noggy’. 1944 Mariner's Mirror 30 103 The foot of this spar..rested..in one of five or six notches (called ‘snatches’) in a piece of timber called a ‘timmynoggy’. 1963 R. M. Nance & P. A. S. Pool Gloss. Cornish Sea-Words Timmynoggy,..a wooden fitting..that was set on the gunwale..and there served to support and adjust the heel of the vargord. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1750
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