short-tack (English, verb)
expansion: short-tack (third-person singular simple present short-tacks, present participle short-tacking, simple past and past participle short-tacked)
Senses:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To tack several times in rapid succession when sailing upwind in a narrow waterway.
Forms:
form: short-tacks
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: short-tacking
tags: participle
present
form: short-tacked
tags: participle
past
form: short-tacked
tags: past