Category:Tighten

Tight"en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Tightening.]

Defn: to draw tighter; to straiten; to make more close in any manner. Just where i please, with tightened rein i'll urge thee round the Dusty plain. Fawkes. Tightening pulley (mach.), a pulley which rests, or is forced, Against a driving belt to tighten it.