tauted

[ tah-tid ]

adjective

, Scot.

1. (especially of wood or hair) tangled or matted together.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tauted¹

1775–85; taut (variant of dial. tate small tuft of wool, hair, or grass) + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And not a second too soon, for, as he set his feet on the iron bottom, the cable tauted and the bucket started upward.

From Project Gutenberg

The tow-line tauted as the mules leaned forward in their collars, and once more the Bluebird was under way.

From Project Gutenberg