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adjective

Taut adj.

(Naut.) Tight; stretched; not slack; said esp. of a rope that is tightly strained.

Snug; close; firm; secure.

Taut hand (Naut.), a sailor's term for an officer who is severe in discipline.

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Etymology of 'Taut'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Taut" Quotes from Famous Books

... Harry had stood dazed. It was as if the twanging taut of the ropes, as the bag tore almost from his grasp the most precious being in the world, had snapped the ...

— The Perils of Pauline • Charles Goddard

... it mean? What could it mean? My nerves were taut as harp strings and seemed to vibrate to the touch of invisible fingers, although I could not interpret the music that they made. Once or twice also I thought I heard actual music with my physical ears, and that of a strange quality. Soft ...

— When the World Shook - Being an Account of the Great Adventure of Bastin, Bickley and Arbuthnot • H. Rider Haggard

... one moment for a man When the door at his shoulder shakes, When the taut rope parts under the pull, And the barest branch is beautiful ...

— The Ballad of the White Horse • G.K. Chesterton

... taut rein! Lord 'a mercy, he's running away!" shrieked Aunt Kipp, or tried to shriek, for the bouncing and bumping jerked the words out of her mouth with ...

— Kitty's Class Day And Other Stories • Louisa M. Alcott

... upon her knees and looked at him. Her heart was beating wildly, and she was almost as scared as the panting creature at the end of her string. He held the snare taut as he crouched in a bunch of grass and watched her. Finally, she pulled at it a little. It brought him toward her, reluctantly sliding along on his feet, which he braced stiffly. Then, as she pulled again, he began to tug ...

— The Biography of a Prairie Girl • Eleanor Gates

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