Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- The tacks of the fore-course or foresail.
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Examples
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"raise tacks and sheets!" and the fore-tacks and main sheets were cast off; while the weather crossjack braces and the lee main braces were belayed, ready to be let go at a moment's notice, and the opposite braces hauled taut.
The Wreck of the Nancy Bell Cast Away on Kerguelen Land 1887
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