Sentence examples for metal tacks from inspiring English sources

Today, bits for horses (metal tacks placed in the animal's mouth) are simply said to help riders communicate with them, but in 15th-century Catalonia, specific bit shapes were believed to cure all kinds of horse ailments, from the physical to the temperamental.

But using a metal tack may have disadvantages, he said.

Brian Mech, vice president for business development at Second Sight Medical Products of Sylmar, Calif., which makes retinal prostheses that use a metal tack, said the tacks had not posed problems.

Hidden down an isolated lane one street over from the perfunctory clamour of the city, the building itself looks more like a community hall from the outside than a location of mystic wonder, with its rusted caged windows, weathered tar roof and obligatory metal ashtray tacked to the ground outside.

Instead, Laughlin argues, the biggest mystery in condensed matter physics can be explained starting from the conventional theory of metals, a tack most theorists abandoned decades ago.

Surgical treatment includes reattachment of the labrum with the use of staples, metal screws, bioabsorbable tacks, and bioabsorbable anchors.

Unlike metal welding, where tacking is carried out at the ends of the welding area, Plastic Welding requires "Tacking" to be carried out where ever you intend to place welding rod.

Think of the metal balconies that developers tack onto converted warehouses so residents can partake in the suburban pastime of grilling.

This weekend, the group learned welding basics like how to anchor metal pieces with a tack and how to draw a bead, as well as some welding "nerdery," terms like "inclusions" (pieces of slag that bubble up and turn your weld into some horrible tumescence) and "quenching" (dousing a hot object in a bucket of water).

He had an alternative idea: he proposed tacking a large sheet of metal across the bottom of the door to stop the wood from swelling.

A few rogue demonstrators threw balloons filled with tacks and sharp metal discs that were capable of slicing open the arm or leg of any player who fell on them.