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Example sentences for: tacked
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The minaret was converted into a bell tower, and a Gothic nave was tacked on to the original structure, followed by a high altar in ornate 16th-century Plateresque style, and some finely carved Baroque choir stalls.
Such words as limicole, catharping, xebec, siriasis -- as well as boxing the compass, the sails of a full rigged ship, chains, deadeyes, shrouds, halyards, and stays, are all well explained in this book, including pictures of how a square--rigged warship had its sails raised, lowered, and tacked, an incredibly complicated and difficult procedure.
In England, rather more than in the United States, one finds an s tacked on to the French names Marseille and Lyon.
The sad fact of an extended life span is that you get those extra years tacked on at the end, extending your frailty and neglect, not added to your 20s, extending your time in ersatz anthropology classes.
Palm Sunday with the distribution of holy palms resulted in the palms being made into crosses and tacked over doorways to protect the family from illness or harm.