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Of hose: fully pulled up, drawn tight.
That is or has been spanned or drawn tight.
Strained, strengthened, girt, etc.; cf. the verb.
Stretched tight, tense. Frequently const. up and in predic. use. Also figurative (cf. tense, adj. 2).
Made or become tight; drawn tight or close; tense, stretched; firm, rigid; constricted.