Definitions
reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)
Word origin
From Middle English takken (“to attach; nail”), from the noun (see above).
Used in a sentence
“So stoutly held to tack by those near North-wales men;”
“Maud Gonne’s letter about taking them off O’Connell street at night: disgrace to our Irish capital. Griffith’s paper is on the same tack now: an army rotten with venereal disease: overseas or halfseasover empire.”
“I thought that my refusing Barnard would alienate Botha, and decided that such a tack was too risky.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Map pin”4 letters
02“Small sharp nail”4 letters
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