TAUT


Meaning of TAUT in English

adj.1 (of a rope, muscles, etc.) tight; not slack.

2 (of nerves) tense.

3 (of a ship etc.) in good order or condition.

Derivatives:

tauten v.tr. & intr. tautly adv. tautness n.

Etymology: ME touht, togt, perh. TOUGH, infl. by tog- past part. stem of obs. tee (OE teon) pull

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.