toggle

A pin, rod, or crosspiece fitted or inserted into a loop in a rope, chain, or strap to prevent slipping, to tighten, or to hold an attached object.

A device or an apparatus with a toggle joint.

To furnish or fasten with a toggle.

To alternate between two or more electronic, mechanical, or computer-related options, usually by the operation of a single switch or keystroke.

A bar spanning (within) an opening in a tank or other structure, to which a lifting chain or sling can be secured in order to lift the structure. Also toggle-pin.

To fasten (skins) together with wooden pins. Modern Amer.

To lift or attach to a hoisting chain by means of a cross-bar inserted in a hole or angle.

To fix or fasten (itself in something) like a toggle-iron; used reflexively, to stick fast.

Nautical, a pin placed through the bight or eye of a rope, block-strap, or bolt, to keep it in its place, or to put the bight or eye of another rope upon, and thus secure them both together; also, a pin passed through a link of a chain which is itself passed through a link of the same or a different chain.

Two rods or plates hinged together by a toggle-joint: a mechanical device for transmitting force or pressure at a right angle with its direction. See toggle-joint. and cut under stone-breaker.