单词 | fore-tack |
释义 | fore-tackn. Nautical. The rope by which the weather corner of the fore-sail is kept in place. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > rope for securing windward edge or corner bowlinec1330 main-bowlines1466 main-tack1466 tack1481 fore-tack1669 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. i. 16 Aboard Main-Tack, aboard Fore-tack, a Lee the Helmne. 1790 R. Beatson Naval & Mil. Mem. II. 62 His foretack and all his braces being cut at the same time. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log II. iv. 143 He..got the fore tack on board again. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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