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tiedown

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from tie down.

Definitions

  1. A rope, strap, chain, or line used to secure a load or item.

  2. The assembly to which something is secured using a tiedown.

    • He didn't tell her, but when he'd heard she would be in a place with a functioning airstrip he'd been in such a hurry to arrange for the days off and get out to his tiedown at Merrill Field that he hadn't bothered to ask.

  3. The act of securing something using a tiedown.

    • Accomplish aircraft tiedown by utilizing mooring points shown in figure 2-28.

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