tackings

a new habit came as a blessing of Providence to Mr. Musselwhite -- on passing into the drawing-room after dinner, to glance towards a certain corner, and, after slow, undecided "tackings," to settle in that direction.

The Emancipated George Gissing 1880

That will give Republicans a pair of controversial CEOs at the top of their ticket after primary campaigns marked by constant tackings to the far right.

William Bradley: California Senate: How Carly Fiorina Pulled Off Her Big "Upset" in the GOP Primary 2010

That will give Republicans a pair of controversial CEOs at the top of their ticket after primary campaigns marked by constant tackings to the far right.

William Bradley: California Senate: How Carly Fiorina Pulled Off Her Big "Upset" in the GOP Primary 2010

ELDER CLERIMONT: No, by my tackings [harnesses], I ha 'e'en more wit than that comes to.

The Beau Defeated: or, The Lucky Younger Brother 1999

Back and forth the warring vessels glided, rising and falling in sudden tackings, fireballs cutting bright red paths across the blue, metal shards and arrows whistling through their deadly trajec - tories.

Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

Such tackings and beatings about, surely, no ship ever underwent before in so short a time!

The White Squall A Story of the Sargasso Sea J. [Illustrator] Schonberg

Wrapping our cloaks about us, and drawing our fur caps over our faces, we slept securely in the soft air of a tropical clime, undisturbed save by the hoarse voice of the black captain crying "ready, bout" and the flapping of the sails, and the creaking of the cordage, in the frequent tackings of our staunch little sea-boat.

The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus American Anti-Slavery Society

What with the tackings frequently necessary, and the taking down sail in one place, and then putting it up in another, the time passed on rapidly; and we were quite surprised, as we finished the exploration of one of the little inlets, to hear Groves remark that it was "nigh upon two o'clock, and that we'd all be the better of a little food."

The Story of the White-Rock Cove Anonymous

Many windings and tackings are necessary to get outside Ashdurada Bay; sometimes we are steaming bow on for Bunder Guz, apparently returning to port; at other times we are going due south, when our destination is nearly north.

Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

No ship ever reached any port except that of failure and disgrace, unless it, in spite of all its tackings before the cross-winds of practical life, kept in the main to the compass and to the course.

The Plum Tree David Graham Phillips 1889