PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Thógamar an charraig den chéad bhord, we cleared the rock on the first tack.
Bád ag ~, a boat tacking.
Ag ~ thart, isteach is amach, tacking about, standing off and on.
Dul go ~, to get down to brass tacks.
~ a chaitheamh, to make a board, to tack.
Long ag ~, a ship turning, tacking.
~ a chur in éadach, to baste, tack, cloth.
8. Teacht i ~ an dáiríre (le rud), to get down to brass tacks (with sth.).
~ a chaitheamh, a thógáil, to tack.
~í agus scóid, tacks and sheets.
~í a chur i mbrat urláir, i mbonn bróige, to tack a carpet, the sole of a shoe.