Tōg'gle, n.

n. [Written also toggel.] [Cf. Eng. tug, and Ger. stöckel, a little stick.]

1. (Naut.) A small wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its center. It is fixed transversely in the bight of a rope to secure any other bight of a rope to, for the convenience of applying or removing them expeditiously, or passed through a link of a chain which is itself passed through a link of the same or a different chain, in order to fasten them together.
2. A button.