All 4 Uses of
taut
in
Lord of the Flies
- "Any day there may be a ship out there"—he waved his arm at the taut wire of the horizon—"and if we have a signal going they'll come and take us off."
p. 42.6taut = pulled tight (figuratively)
- The mirages had died away and gloomily he ran his eye along the taut blue line of the horizon.
p. 65.9
- When the breeze blew, the lines would strain taut and some accident of this pull lifted the head and chest upright so that the figure seemed to peer across the brow of the mountain.
p. 96.2 *taut = pulled tight
- The taut blue horizon encircled them, broken only by the mountain-top.
p. 107.2taut = pulled tight (figuratively)
Definition:
pulled or drawn tight;
or: subjected to great tension
or: subjected to great tension