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Definition of Tauten
1. Verb. Become taut or tauter. "The rope tautened"
2. Verb. Make taut or tauter. "Tauten a rope"
Definition of Tauten
1. Verb. (transitive) To make taut. ¹
2. Verb. (ergative) To become taut. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tauten
1. to make taut [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: taut
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tauten
Literary usage of Tauten
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gunnery Catechism by John D. Brandt (1864)
"A.—tauten and secure " In " and " Out" tackles, make up and secure shifting and
training tackles on the slide ; ship clevis bolts ip deck, pass and tauten ..."
2. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1879)
"... tauten, preserved in the books of Lecan and Ballymote, contains the following
quatrain, from which it appears that a similar practice formed part of the ..."
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