All 4 Uses of
taut
in
The Old Man and the Sea
- Just then the stern line came taut under his foot, where he had kept a loop of the line, and he dropped his oars and felt the weight of the small tuna's shivering pull as he held the line firm and commenced to haul it in.†
p. 38.5
- His line was strong arid made for heavy fish and he held it against his back until it was so taut that beads of water were jumping from it.†
p. 44.9 *
- He tried to increase the tension, but the line had been taut up to the very edge of the breaking point since he had hooked the fish and he felt the harshness as he leaned back to pull and knew he could put no more strain on it.†
p. 54.0
- The water was white where his tail beat it and three-quarters of his body was clear above the water when the rope came taut, shivered, and then snapped.†
p. 102.9
Definition:
pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension
or: subjected to great tension