Tie-

in combination. [f. TIE sb.¹ or vb.]

  1.  Attributive or objective combinations of TIE sb. in various senses: tie-block Naut., the block on the yard through which the tie passes (see TIE sb. 2 a); tie-maker, a maker of ties (in quots., in senses 4 and 7 of the sb.); tie-pin, a pin, usually ornamental, worn in a man’s neck-tie; tie-shooting, the shooting off of a tie (TIE sb. 10) in rifle practice; so tie-shoot, -shot.

1745.  P. Thomas, Jrnl. Anson’s Voy., 145. We reev’d … a new Strap to the Fore-top-sail *Tye-block.

c. 1860.  H. Stuart, Seaman’s Catech., 76. There are two iron straps round the yard for the tye blocks to shackle to.

1901.  Daily Chron., 25 July, 6/6. The girl … is a *tie-maker.

1904.  Longm. Mag., Aug., 306. Any moderately good tie-maker can turn out thirty ties a day in good timber.

1780.  Traveller’s Guide. A silver *tie-pin, three silver studs.

1899.  Daily News, 22 June, 7/3. His stand-up collar and his tie-pin.

1909.  Daily Chron., 23 July, 7/2. He tied for the ‘Daily Telegraph’ Cup and finished second in the *tie shoot. Ibid. (1902), 23. July, 6/3. The *tie-shooting for the first Coronation Prize.

1887.  Daily News, 18 July, 2/1. Many men might beat him in the *tie shots.

  2.  Combinations of TIE v. with adverbs: tie-back, a contrivance for tying something back, esp. in a woman’s dress; tie-on a., that is fastened on by tying. See also TIE-UP.

1880.  World, 29 Sept., 15. The days of ‘tie-backs,’ either in the dressing of ladies or artificial flies, were not yet.

1891.  Daily News, 27 July, 2/1. Even Lady Harberton could scarcely disapprove of the gored skirt with no tie-backs.

1910.  Times, 4 July, 6/5. Tie-on labels should not be used.

  3.  Combinations with sbs., in which the first element may be either TIE sb. or v.: tie-bar, a bar that ties or acts as a tie, in a building or other structure; tie-beam, a horizontal beam that acts as a tie: see esp. quot. 1823; tie-bolt sb., a bolt that ties together the component parts of a structure; hence tie-bolt v., trans. to fasten with tie-bolts; tie-cord, a cord used for tying something; tie-knot, a knot with which something is tied; tie-line (Surveying), a line measured on the ground after the principal lines of a triangulated survey have been measured, with the object of checking the accuracy of the work; tie-match, a subsequent match played to decide a tie; tie-periwig = TIE-WIG; tie-plate, (a) Naut. a narrow iron plate placed longitudinally or diagonally to space and strengthen deck-beams; (b) a plate to receive the pull of a tie-rod, and distribute the pressure on a supporting beam or wall; (c) a protecting metal plate laid between a sleeper and the rail; tie-post, a post to which a horse, etc., may be tied; tie-rib, a rib forming a tie in some structure (in quot. fig.); tie-rod, a long tie-bolt or iron rod that acts as a tie in a building or other structure; tie-rope, a rope for tying something; in quot. c. 1525, ? = TIE sb. 2; tie-stay, a stay acting as a tie, used to support some part of a building; tie-strap, a strap for tying up a horse or other animal; tie-string, a string for tying something, e.g., a bonnet or other part of costume; tie-tie, one of several cords fastened to a hammock and serying to tie it up in a roll (Cent. Dict., 1891); a negro name for any string; tie-vote, a vote resulting in a tie, the numbers on each side being equal: see TIE sb. 10; tie-wall, a wall having the function of tying together the parts of a structure; esp. ‘a transverse wall in the hollow spandril of an arch, at right angles to the spandril-wall’ (Knight). See also TIE-DOG, TIE-WIG.

1861.  Fairbairn, Iron, 91. The reverberatory furnace … consists externally of an oblong casing of iron plates, firmly bound together by iron *tie-bars.

1823.  P. Nicholson, Pract. Build., 125. A *tie-beam is a piece of timber, connecting the feet of the principal rafters, in order to prevent them from spreading.

1851.  Sir F. Palgrave, Norm. & Eng., I, 436. The open roof and tyebeams of a Roman Basilica.

1853.  Sir H. Douglas, Milit. Bridges (ed. 3), 308. Considered as a tie-beam its longitudinal strength depends upon the key.

1838.  Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., I. 126/1. Placing the *tie-bolts diagonally, instead of horizontally.

1874.  Thearle, Naval Archit., 59. Grooved and tongued together at their edges, and nailed to the cants, being also *tie-bolted where necessary.

1907.  C. C. Brown, China in Leg. & Story, xvii. 240. A queue, scarce big enough to carry its black *tie-cord.

1800.  Coleridge, Wallenst., I. iii. 64. The *tie-knot here Is off—this hair must not hang so dishevelled.

1877.  Rankine, Man. Civ. Engin., 24. The accuracy of the measurements in every important triangle should be checked by measuring a *‘tie-line,’ from one of its angles to a known point in the opposite side.

1864.  Daily Tel., 26 Oct. Third Kent (Lee) v. Eighth Kent (Sydenham).—These two corps fired for a *tie match.

1898.  Westm. Gaz., 26 Feb., 3/3. In case of ties … the prizes are to be divided, except the first prize, which must be determined by a tie match of four games.

1727.  Gay, Begg. Op., I. iii. Three *tye-perriwigs and a piece of broad cloth.

1771.  Smollett, Humph. Cl., II. 23. June. An old Scotch lawyer, in a tie-periwig.

1874.  Thearle, Naval Archit., 119. The deck fastenings are not so efficient in iron as in wood beams, and hence both stringer and *tie-plates are of service in opposing the first tendency of the deck to elongate.

1884.  Harper’s Mag., Jan., 328/2. Throwing the reins over a *tie-post.

1896.  Kipling, Seven Seas, Deep Sea Cables, ii. Here on the *tie-ribs of earth Words … flicker and flutter and beat.

1839.  Civil Eng. & Arch. Jrnl., II. 191/2. Four iron *tye-rods with washers placed transversely through the arch.

c. 1525.  in Archæologia, XLVII. 332. ij. roopes, called *tye ropes, for the Henry Grace Dieu.

1886.  T. Hardy, Mayor of Casterbr., iii. The pens for sheep, the tie-ropes for horses.

1892.  Daily News, 20 Feb., 3/4. The Repair or Canterbury Cathedral…. A series of *tiestays are being inserted.

1872.  Knight, Dict. Mech., *Tie-strap.

1901.  Munsey’s Mag. XXV. 737/2. An attendant snapped a tie strap into his halter and led him back to barn or paddock.

1897.  Outing (U.S.), XXX. 379/1. A rubber blanket … with *tie-strings at the four corners, can be made into a first-rate shelter by tying two corners to poles driven into the ground, and the other corners to pegs.

1883.  Moloney, W. African Fisheries, 17 (Fish. Exhib. Publ.). The … occupants … standing erect, or perched on seats—cross sticks, secured by *tie-tie on gunwale of canoe.

1894.  Daily News, 6 Oct., 6/5. A proposal only lost … by a *tie-vote.