Definition:
tacks
- tacksA method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy
- tacksA long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing
- tacksTACK, to fasten with short, sharp-pointed nails
- tacksA distance sailed between such changes of course
- tacksA thumbtack
- tacksA rope for securing the weather clew of a course
- tacksAn act of changing course by turning a vessel's head into and through the wind, so as to bring the wind on the opposite side
- tacksThe quality of being sticky
- tacksThe weather clew of a course, or the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail
- tacksA small, sharp, broad-headed nail
- tacksA boat's course relative to the direction of the wind