Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A length of rope passed several times through the tack-cringle and the iron eye on the inboard end of the boom so as to secure the foot and luff of a sail.
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Examples
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"You've forgot to pass the tack-earing, but wid time and help ye'll larn.
Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling 1900
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