1. tacking - Noun
2. tacking - Verb
of Tack
A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose his claim.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWe cannot explore any mode of sentencing a man to imprisonment, who is imprisoned already, but by tacking one imprisonment to the other. John Eardley Wilmot
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. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet
A buzz says, producers have also submitted all the accounts fairly tacking the revenues at approximately Rs 77 crs. Source: Internet
Activities include preparing the barns for the horses, grooming, tacking and riding, with the help of instructors. Source: Internet
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. Source: Internet