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tack

sailing a zigzag course

(nautical) the act of changing tack

a short nail with a sharp point and a large head

the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails

fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"

turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

Synonyms:

• MO,
• aberrancy,
• aberration,
• about ship,
• affix,
• algorithm,
• alter,
• alteration,
• ameliorate,
• annex,
• append,
• approach,
• articulate,
• attach,
• attack,
• azimuth,
• back and fill,
• back band,
• backstrap,
• baste,
• batten,
• batten down,
• be changed,
• be converted into,
• be renewed,
• bear away,
• bear off,
• bear to starboard,
• bearing,
• bearing rein,
• beat,
• beat about,
• bellyband,
• bend,
• bias,
• bind,
• bit,
• blinders,
• blinds,
• bolt,
• bottom out,
• box off,
• branch off,
• branching off,
• braze,
• break,
• breeching,
• bridle,
• bring about,
• bring round,
• buckle,
• butt,
• button,
• cant,
• cant round,
• caparison,
• cast,
• cast about,
• cavesson,
• cement,
• change,
• change course,
• change the bearing,
• change the heading,
• checker,
• checkrein,
• cheekpiece,
• chinband,
• chop,
• chop and change,
• cinch,
• circuitousness,
• clasp,
• cleat,
• clip,
• collar,
• combine,
• come about,
• come around,
• come round,
• compass bearing,
• compass direction,
• cordage,
• cording,
• corner,
• couple,
• course,
• crook,
• crownband,
• crupper,
• curb,
• curve,
• declination,
• deflection,
• degenerate,
• depart from,
• departure,
• deteriorate,
• detour,
• deviance,
• deviancy,
• deviate,
• deviation,
• deviousness,
• digress,
• digression,
• direction,
• discursion,
• divagate,
• divagation,
• divaricate,
• divarication,
• diverge,
• divergence,
• diversify,
• diversion,
• dogleg,
• double,
• double a point,
• dovetail,
• drift,
• drifting,
• equipage,
• equipment,
• errantry,
• excursion,
• excursus,
• exorbitation,
• fashion,
• fasten,
• fastening,
• fetch about,
• fittings,
• fix,
• flop,
• form,
• gag swivel,
• gear,
• girth,
• glue,
• go about,
• guise,
• gybe,
• hackamore,
• hairpin,
• halter,
• hames,
• hametugs,
• harness,
• hasp,
• haul around,
• headgear,
• heading,
• headstall,
• heave round,
• heel,
• hinge,
• hip straps,
• hitch,
• hook,
• improve,
• indirection,
• jam,
• jaquima,
• jerk line,
• jibe,
• jibe all standing,
• join,
• joint,
• kit,
• latch,
• lee side,
• line,
• line of action,
• lines,
• lock,
• magnetic bearing,
• manner,
• manner of working,
• martingale,
• means,
• meliorate,
• method,
• methodology,
• miss stays,
• miter,
• mitigate,
• mode,
• mode of operation,
• mode of procedure,
• modulate,
• modus operandi,
• mortise,
• mutate,
• nail,
• noseband,
• obliquity,
• order,
• outfit,
• paste,
• path,
• peg,
• pererration,
• pin,
• ply,
• pole strap,
• practice,
• procedure,
• proceeding,
• process,
• put about,
• put back,
• rabbet,
• rambling,
• reins,
• relative bearing,
• revive,
• ribbons,
• rig,
• rigging,
• rivet,
• ropework,
• roping,
• round a point,
• routine,
• saddle,
• saddlery,
• scarf,
• screw,
• secure,
• sew,
• shaft tug,
• sheer,
• shift,
• shifting,
• shifting course,
• shifting path,
• side check,
• skew,
• skewer,
• slant,
• slew,
• snaffle,
• snap,
• solder,
• staple,
• stick,
• stitch,
• straying,
• style,
• surcingle,
• sweep,
• swerve,
• swerving,
• swing round,
• swing the stern,
• swinging,
• system,
• tack on,
• tackle,
• tag on,
• take a turn,
• tangent,
• technique,
• the drill,
• the how,
• the way of,
• throw about,
• thumbtack,
• tie,
• toggle,
• tone,
• trappings,
• trend,
• true bearing,
• tug,
• turn,
• turn aside,
• turn back,
• turn into,
• turn the corner,
• turning,
• twist,
• undergo a change,
• unite,
• variation,
• vary,
• vector,
• veer,
• veer off,
• wandering,
• warp,
• way,
• wear,
• wear ship,
• weather side,
• wedge,
• weld,
• wind,
• winker braces,
• wise,
• worsen,
• yaw,
• yoke,
• zigzag,
• zipper