TACKS
- TACK, to fasten with short, sharp-pointed nails [v]
- TACK, to fasten with tacks (short, sharp-pointed nails) [v]
- The weather clew of a course, or the lower forward corner of a fore-and-aft sail
- The quality of being sticky
- A small, sharp, broad-headed nail
- A thumbtack
- A long stitch used to fasten fabrics together temporarily, prior to permanent sewing
- 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
- A boat's course relative to the direction of the wind
- A distance sailed between such changes of course
- A method of dealing with a situation or problem; a course of action or policy
- A rope for securing the weather clew of a course