Topic: SEWING AND KNITTING
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Sense: 1-4, 6
| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Old North French |
| Origin: | taque 'fastening' |
| Date: | 1700-1800 |
| Origin: | TACKLE2 |
| Date: | 1900-2000 |
| Origin: | tacky |
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tack1
1 a small nail with a sharp point and a flat top
nail
[countable]D2 a short pin with a large round flat top, for attaching notices to boards, walls etc [= thumbtack; = drawing pin BrE]
pin
[countable] American EnglishD3 the way you deal with a particular situation or a method that you use to achieve something :
way of doing something
[uncountable and countable]4
ship
TTWa) [uncountable and countable] the direction that a sailing boat moves, depending on the direction of the wind and the position of its sails
b) [countable] the action of changing the direction of a sailing boat, or the distance it travels between these changes : a long tack into the bay
a long tack into the bay5 the equipment you need for riding a horse, such as a saddle etc
horses
[uncountable] technicalDSH6 a long loose stitch used for fastening pieces of cloth together before sewing them
sewing
[countable]DLH7 ugly cheap objects sold as decorations : souvenir shops full of tack
ugly objects
[uncountable] British Englishsouvenir shops full of tack