4. Etym: [Perhaps originally, to strike, beat: cf. F. toquer to touch. Cf. Tocsin.]
Defn: To full, as cloth. [Prov. Eng.]
TUCK
Tuck, v. i.
Defn: To contract; to draw together. [Obs.]
TUCK
Tuck, n.
1. A horizontal sewed fold, such as is made in a garment, to shorten it; a plait.
2. A small net used for taking fish from a larger one; — called also tuck-net.
3. A pull; a lugging. [Obs.] See Tug. Life of A. Wood.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: The part of a vessel where the ends of the bottom planks meet under the stern.