Rigid as the result of tension; taut. Now rare or Obsolete.

Not relaxed; (in early use) (Scottish) not free from restraint, legal process, or penalty; (now esp.) not free from tension or stress.

Stretched or pulled tight; not slack or loose. In early use chiefly in nautical contexts with reference to rigging or sails.

Drawn or stretched so as to be tense; not loose or slack: said of a rope, etc., or of a surface; = taut, adj. 4.

Tense, not lax. Obsolete.

‘Strung up’, tense; not slack or relaxed. Obsolete.

English regional (Yorkshire). Of a rope, chain, etc.: taut, tight, not slack. Obsolete.

Drawn tight, stretched taut; strained to stiffness; tight, rigid: chiefly said of cords, fibres, or membranes. Opposed to lax, flaccid. Also trans…

Inflexible, rigid, stiff. Scottish. Of a rope: Taut. ? Obsolete.

Stretched taut. rare.

Extended; distended; taut.