tack

Signification (Anglais)

1. A small nail with a flat head.
2. A thumbtack.
3. A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
4. The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
5. A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
6. A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
7. The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
8. The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
9. A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
10. Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
11. The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
12. Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
13. That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
14. (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.

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tirer des bords

point d’amure

virement lof pour lof

tack together

stable gear

tack on

weather sheet

drawing-pin

wear round

stick on

tack about

climbing iron

turn head

begin to do

be used to a job

stop peg

subsidiary condition

fasten with nails

push pin

line of approach

line of policy

addendum

additional provisions

additional clause

appendix

beat up against the wind

Fréquence

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/tæk/

From Middle English tak, takke (“hook; staple; nail”), from Old Northern French taque (“nail, pin, peg”), from Frankish *takkō, from Proto-Germanic *takkô (“tip; point; protrusion; prong; tine; jag; spike; twig”), of unknown origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dHgʰ-n-, from the root *déHgʰ- (“to pinch; to tear, rip, fray”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Takke (“bough; branch; twig”), West Frisian takke (“branch”), tûk (“branch, smart, sharp”), Dutch tak (“twig; branch; limb”), German Zacke (“jag; prong; spike; tooth; peak”).