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Definition of Tighter
1. n. A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer.
Definition of Tighter
1. Adjective. (comparative of tight) ¹
2. Adverb. (comparative of tight) ¹
3. Noun. (obsolete) A ribbon or string used to draw clothes closer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tighter
1. tight [adj] - See also: tight
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tighter
Literary usage of Tighter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Industrial Democracy by Sidney Webb, Beatrice Potter Webb (1897)
"Any attempt to draw tighter these bonds of union would, in all probability, at
once cause the secession of the Scottish Miners' unions, and would absolutely ..."
2. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"Yet, despite money vexations, despite the demon headache, which gained a tighter
clutch upon him every year and pitilessly stole away strength and time from ..."
3. The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism by Ann Leah Underhill (1885)
""l FEEL MY HANDKERCHER TIED tighter ... tied tighter every minit." It has often
struck me that there was something more than mere chance in classes of ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"It closes the pores and checks the evaporation : and the tighter the surface can
be made the better chance there is of a lair crop. ..."
5. Intimate China: The Chinese as I Have Seen Them by Archibald Little (1899)
"—Bandages drawn tighter.—Breaking the Bones.— A Cleft in which to hide Half a
Crown.—Mothers sleep with Sticks beside them. ..."
6. Spiritualism by John Worth Edmonds, George T. Dexter, Nathaniel Pitcher Tallmadge (1855)
"He says to man, " Take my mantle, and though thy brother try thee, clasp it
tighter to thy heart!" O! could you see the spirits about you! ..."
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