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tie-down
[ tahy-doun ]
noun
- a device for tying something down.
- the act of tying something down.
yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tie-down1
Idioms and Phrases
Constrain, confine, or limit, as in As long as the children were small, she was too tied down to look for a job . [Late 1600s]Example Sentences
Harold is a child prodigy when it comes to being a horseman and cowboy, straddling and doing a tie-down on a cow.
What would you do with about 12,000 feet of reclaimed, decade-old red ratchet straps, those âtie-downâ straps used to move and secure cargo?
FCSâ Kanulock lockable tie-down straps can help ease surfersâ worries about their boardâs safety atop their vehicle.
The Pima County Medical Examinerâs report conducted for the Cochise County Sheriffâs office said Griselda Anais Verduzco Armenta, 31, was found suspended from the border wall entrapped by a cord, tie-down straps and seat belt around her neck, chest and arms.
The measure defines ârodeoâ as events that feature bronc riding, bull riding, calf roping, steer wrestling, team roping, tie-down roping, barrel racing, chuck wagon races âor other similar event or activity,â which foes fear could be interpreted to include show jumping.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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