tacking
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1. tacking - Noun
2. tacking - Verb
Meaning
of Tack
A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
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We cannot explore any mode of sentencing a man to imprisonment, who is imprisoned already, but by tacking one imprisonment to the other.
A boat can be 'worked to windward', to arrive at an upwind destination, by sailing close-hauled with the wind coming from one side, then tacking (turning the boat through the eye of the wind) and sailing with the wind coming from the other side.
As more evidence mounts of a terrifying attack on the colony, the Director's Cut helps cut the tension a bit by tacking on a scene where Hudson and Vasquez's motion tracker goes off, leading them into a room with a small hamster in a cage.
A buzz says, producers have also submitted all the accounts fairly tacking the revenues at approximately Rs 77 crs.
Activities include preparing the barns for the horses, grooming, tacking and riding, with the help of instructors.
In general sailing, tacking is the safer method and preferred especially when sailing upwind; in windsurfing, Jibing is preferred as this involves much less manoeuvring for the sailor.