taut hand
English
Noun
taut hand (plural taut hands)
- (nautical, dated) An officer who is severe in discipline.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for taut hand under taut in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)