| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| windtight | so tight as to prevent the passing through of wind |
| obturate | to close (a hole or cavity) so as to prevent a flow of gas through it, esp. the escape of explosive gas from a gun tube during firing |
| tacks | An 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 |
| jibing | change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side |
| jibed | change a vessel's course when sailing with the wind so that as the stern passes through the eye of the wind the boom swings to the opposite side |
