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(sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc. / (nautical) The act of changing tack.

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tacking

Noun

countable uncountable

(sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc. / (nautical) The act of changing tack.

Japanese Meaning

洋裁で使われる、一時的に布を留める仮縫い（後で外されるための縫い目） / 船舶の帆走において風向きを変えるために舵を切り、方向を転換する行為

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After the final fitting, she carefully removed the tacking from the hem.

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最終のフィッティングの後、彼女は裾の仮縫いを慎重にほどいた。

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(sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.

Sense（2）

(nautical) The act of changing tack.

Sense（3）

The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee

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Sense（4）

(law) The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession.

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