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Significados de tacking en inglés

catalán
embasta
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A loose temporary sewing stitch to hold layers of fabric together.

embasta
catalán
virada

(Nautical) the act of changing tack.

virada
Uso de tacking en inglés
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She'd been to dozens of bars in the area, tacking up posters.
A killing night
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But in tacking so frequently he was liable to make a mistake.
The Last Hope
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Yet these fools merely go tacking new additions on to the old.
Through Russia
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Sailing ships travel faster when tacking than when sailing with the wind.
The Wonder Island Boys: The Mysteries of the Caverns
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You look down an alley, and see ships tacking for the Baltic.
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes
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Sanitary Window Screen.-Trytacking cheese cloth on the pantry window screen frame.
Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
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It was a catboat, quite far off, tacking down from the Headland.
Us and the Bottle Man
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Kathleen, as she tucked in the blanket, heard his feet ticker-tacking away.
Dogsbody
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It is nothing but tacking, tacking, tacking- akindof stitching the stream.
Nature Near London
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Artemis hard-copied every page, tacking them to the walls of his study.
Artemis Fowl
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His hammer made a shallow tacking sound, driving the narrow nails through.
All souls' rising
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If, however, she were really tacking, our situation would indeed be critical.
The Island Home
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There is no absurd conventionality, tacking a spinster to a married woman.'
Heartsease; Or, The Brother's Wife
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Can't we have an agreeable person without tacking on a disagreeable one?
Love Me Little, Love Me Long
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But the solution isn't as simple as tacking to the centre.
The Guardian
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Hands up all those who know the difference between tacking and wearing ship.
The Guardian
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Translations for tacking
Tacking a través del tiempo
Tacking por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
Común
Estados Unidos de América
Común