different between backing vs tacking

English

Etymology

back +? -ing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bæk.??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æk??

Noun

backing (countable and uncountable, plural backings)

1. Support, especially financial.

   It's a volunteer organization that works with backing from the city and a few grants.

2. A liner or other material added behind or underneath.

   The cardboard backing gives the notebook a little extra stiffness.

3. (television, film) A backdrop.
   • 2013, Gerald Millerson, TV Scenic Design (page 134)

     The simplest and cheapest answer is to introduce a scenic backing of some kind, a backdrop, a drape, some flats to restrict the shot and obscure whatever is outside.

4. (music) Musicians and vocalists who support the main performer.
5. The mounting of a horse or other animal.
6. The action of putting something back; a switching into reverse.

Translations

Adjective

backing (not comparable)

1. (music) Providing support for the main performer.

Verb

backing

1. present participle of back

Anagrams

• king cab

English

Verb

tacking

1. present participle of tack

Noun

tacking (countable and uncountable, plural tackings)

1. (sewing) Loose temporary stitches in dressmaking etc.
2. (nautical) The act of changing tack.
3. (law) A union of securities given at different times, all of which must be redeemed before an intermediate purchaser can interpose a claim.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bouvier to this entry?)

   • 1826, James Kent, Commentaries on American Law

     The English doctrine of tacking was first solemnly established in Marsh v . Lee , under the assistance of Sir Matthew Hale , who compared the operation to a plank in shipwreck gained by the last mortgagee

4. (law) The joining together of consecutive periods of possession of property, especially between squatters in cases of adverse possession.

Translations

Anagrams

• Tangkic