(nautical) A wooden or metal pin, short rod, crosspiece or similar, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope or chain to be secured to any other loop, ring, or bight, e.g. a sea painter to a lifeboat.

To alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever. / To switch between alternate states. / (nautical, transitive) To fix like a toggle iron; to fix fast.

plural of toggle

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of toggle

simple past tense and past participle of toggle

present participle of toggle

plural of toggle joint

plural of toggle switch

A mechanical linkage of the type of an elbow or knee joint, consisting of two bars so connected that they may be brought quite or nearly into a straight line, and made to produce great endwise pressure when brought into this position.

A harpoon with one or more pivoted crosspieces in a mortise near the point to prevent it from being drawn out when a whale, shark, or other animal, is harpooned.