† tightern.
Obsolete. rare.
1. One who makes tight the seams of ships; a caulker.
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1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Goildronneur, a pitcher, trimmer, or tighter of ships.
1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. xxx. 198 Iulius Cæsar and Pompey were boatwrights and tighters of ships.
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2. ‘A ribband or string by which women straiten their clothes’ (Johnson).
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