All 3 Uses of
taut
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- Belly without blemish, bulging big, a buckler of taut vellum, no, whiteheaped corn, orient and immortal, standing from everlasting to everlasting.†
Chpt 3 *
- A plump bare generous arm shone, was seen, held forth from a white petticoatbodice and taut shiftstraps.†
Chpt 10
- Along an infinite invisible tightrope taut from zenith to nadir the End of the World, a twoheaded octopus in gillie's kilts, busby and tartan filibegs, whirls through the murk, head over heels, in the form of the Three Legs of Man.†
Chpt 15
Definition:
pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension
or: subjected to great tension