Naut. [f. FORE- pref. + TACK sb.] The rope by which the weather corner of the fore-sail is kept in place.
1669. Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., I. 16. Aboard Main-Tack, aboard Fore-tack, a Lee the Helmne handsomly.
1790. Beatson, Nav. & Mil. Mem., II. 62. As that hung on her fore-top-sail and backed it, he had no command of his ship, his fore-tack and all his braces being cut at the same time.
1859. M. Scott, Tom Cringle’s Log, xv. 368. He, finding that his manœuvre of crossing our bows had been foiled by our bearing up also, got the foretack on board again, and set his topgallant sails, all very cleverly.
