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tacking boom

tacking boom is the ellipsis of self-tacking jib boom.

Meaning of self-tacking jib boom

Noun

self-tacking jib boom (plural self-tacking jib booms)

  1. A rigid spar attached to the bottom of a headsail that allows the sail to swing automatically from one side of the boat to the other when changing directions.

Forms of tacking boom

pluraltacking booms

Questions about tacking boom

What is tacking boom the ellipsis of?
Tacking boom is the ellipsis of self-tacking jib boom.

Words near tacking boom in the dictionary

  1. tackily
  2. tackiness
  3. tackinesses
  4. tacking
  5. tacking about
  6. tacking boom
  7. tacking down
  8. tacking together
  9. tacking up
  10. tackings
  11. Tackitt

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tacking boom (page history and authors); self-tacking jib boom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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