What is not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out called?
tight — Not slack or loose; firmly stretched; taut; -- applied to a rope, chain, or the like, extended or stretched out. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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