Tack
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Tack may refer to:
- A type of cut nail, used in upholstery, shoe making and saddle manufacture
- Horse tackHorse tackTack is a term used to describe any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals. Saddles, stirrups, bridles, halters, reins, bits, harnesses, martingales, and breastplates are all forms of horse tack...
, harness and equipment to allow horse-back riding - Tack (sewing)Tack (sewing)In sewing, to tack or baste is to make quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed. Tacking is used in a variety of ways:* To temporarily hold a seam or trim in place until it can be permanently sewn, usually with a long running stitch made by hand or machine called a tacking stitch or...
(also baste or pin), quick, temporary stitching intended to be removed - HardtackHardtackHardtack is a simple type of cracker or biscuit, made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Inexpensive and long-lasting, it was and is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages and military campaigns. The name derives from the British sailor slang...
, a hard cracker or biscuit used for food on sea voyages and during the American Civil War - ThumbtackThumbtackA drawing pin , thumbtack , or push pin is a short nail or pin with a circular, sometimes domed, head, used to fasten items such as documents to a wall or board for display. Various designs and names are used. They are inserted and removed by hand, hence the terms "thumbtack" and "push pin"...
or drawing pin, a short nail or pin easily placed and removed by hand - Augustus Vincent TackAugustus Vincent TackAugustus Vincent Tack was an American painter of portraits, landscapes and abstractions.-Early years:Tack was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and moved with his family to New York in 1883. After graduating from St. Francis Xavier College in New York City in 1890, Tack studied at the Art Students...
(1870-1949), American painter - In sailing:
- A tack as a part of the tackingTacking (sailing)Tacking or coming about is a sailing maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the direction from which the wind blows changes from one side to the other...
maneuver; in which a sailing boat turns its bow through the wind - Tack (sailing)Tack (sailing)Tack is a term used in sailing that has different meanings in different contexts, variously a part of a sail, and an alignment with the wind. When using the latter sense, the maneuver of turning between starboard and port tack is either tacking or jibing....
, the lower corner of a sail's leading edge - Tack (square sail)Tack (square sail)The tack of a square-rigged sail is a line attached to its lower corner. This is in contrast to the more common fore-and-aft sail, whose tack is a part of the sail itself, the corner which is secured to the vessel....
, a type of rigging unique to square sails
- A tack as a part of the tacking
- Scottish lease, as held by a tacksmanTacksmanA tacksman was a land-holder of intermediate legal and social status in Scottish Highland society.-Tenant and landlord:...
. - Blu Tack, a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive used for attaching paper items to walls
- Tack weld, a specific short and often temporary type of weldWeldWeld most commonly refers to a joint formed by welding.Weld may also refer to:-People:* Weld family, an extended family of New England** Theodore Dwight Weld** Tuesday Weld* Weld-Blundell family* Cecil Weld-Forester, 1st Baron Forester...
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