tacking
Meaning
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present participle and gerund of tack
Synonyms
basting stitch
rice planting
tack weld
critical stage
position welding
positioned weld
idiomatical expression
wheeling round
New
tack
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- A small nail with a flat head.
- A thumbtack.
- A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
- The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
- A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
- A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
- The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
- The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
- 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.
- Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
- The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
- Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
- That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
- (obsolete) Confidence; reliance.
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