A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A home run.
A blow with the hand.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
A small nail with a flat head.
The distance a sailing vessel runs between these maneuvers when working to windward; a board.
A rope used to hold in place the foremost lower corners of the courses when the vessel is close-hauled; also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.
Any of the various equipment and accessories worn by horses in the course of their use as domesticated animals.
The maneuver by which a sailing vessel turns its bow through the wind so that the wind changes from one side to the other.
A contract by which the use of a thing is set, or let, for hire; a lease.
The stickiness of a compound, related to its cohesive and adhesive properties.
That which is tacky; something cheap and gaudy.
A stain; a tache.
That which is attached; a supplement; an appendix.
A direction or course of action, especially a new one.
A course or heading that enables a sailing vessel to head upwind.
Food generally; fare, especially of the bread kind.
A loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth.
A thumbtack.
The lower corner on the leading edge of a sail relative to the direction of the wind.
To nail with a tack (small nail with a flat head).
To maneuver a sailing vessel so that its bow turns through the wind, i.e. the wind changes from one side of the vessel to the other.
To add something as an extra item.
To sew/stitch with a tack (loose seam used to temporarily fasten pieces of cloth).
to tack (something) onto (something)
To place the tack on a horse; often paired with "up".