tort
noun
- civil wrong
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /tɔːt/ / /tɔɹt/
adj
Etymology: A variant of taut.
- Synonym of taut (“stretched tight; under tension”).
“Yet holds he them with tortest rein, / That they may seize and entertain / The glance that to their glance opposes, / Like fiery honey sucked from roses.”
- Of a boat: watertight.
noun
Etymology: Clipping of tortoiseshell.
- Clipping of tortoiseshell (“a domestic cat, guinea pig, rabbit, or other animal whose fur has black, brown, and yellow markings; a tortie”).