The act of turning the capstan, &c., till the rope applied thereto becomes straight and ready for action.
·adj Snug; close; firm; secure. II. Taut ·adj Tight; stretched; not slack; — said ·esp. of a rope ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
[from the Anglo-Saxon tought]. Tight. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Heave>>. II. Heaving ·noun A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sig...
A ship sailing close-hauled is "on a taut bowline." ...
A strict disciplinarian. ...
, or taut weather-helm. A ship with a side wind is said to carry a taut weather-helm, when the wat...
A sail well set on a wind, and well filled. ...
A vessel at anchor, heeling over to the force of the wind. ...
The cry to arrest the capstan when nippers are jammed, or any other impediment occurs in heaving in ...
Is the act of advancing or drawing a ship forwards by heaving on a cable or rope made fast to some f...
Causing a ship to recede or go backwards, by heaving on a cable or other rope fastened to some fixed...
(See careening.) The bringing one of a ship's sides down into the water, by means of purchases on th...
Shortening in the cable. Also, the binding a block and hook by a seizing. ...
The act of loosing or unfurling a sail; particularly applied to the staysails; or in the tops, footi...
See taut helm ...
Riding hard, pitching and sending. ...
Working at the windlass or capstan with more than usual exertion. ...
The act of tacking, when, the wind being ahead, great pressure is thrown upon the stays. ...
The utmost effect to be produced by careening, viz. to raise the keel out of the water in order to r...
The surging or slipping of the cable when the nippers do not hold. ...