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tacking noun

  • (sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
 harsinta
  • (nautical) The act of changing tack.
 käännös, luoviminen, vastakäännös, venda

tack noun

  /tæk/
  • (nautical) A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
 halssi, etukulma, halssikulma
  • (sewing) A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
 harsinta
  • Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
 kurssi, satulointi, suunta, valjaat
  • (figurative) A direction or course of action, especially a new one; a method or approach to solving a problem.
 kurssi, suunta
  • (nautical) A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
 luovi
  • A small nail with a flat head.
 nupi
  • (manufacturing, construction, chemistry) The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
 tahmeus
  • (nautical) The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
 vastakäännös, venda

tack verb

  /tæk/
  • To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
 harsia, kursia, satuloida, valjastaa
  • (transitive) To nail (something) with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
 kiinnittää nupeilla, satuloida, valjastaa
  • (nautical) To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
 liittää kylkiäiseksi, luovia, tehdä vastakäännös, tehdä venda, vendata
  • (intransitive, nautical) To sail to windward using a series of alternate tacks across the wind.
 satuloida, valjastaa
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