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- Tackle - n. - Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights, consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the rope and attachments, as distinct from the block.
- Tackle - n. - Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons.
- Tackle - n. - The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used.
- Tackle - n. - To supply with tackle.
- Tackle - n. - To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
- Tackle - n. - To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
- Tackle - n. - To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
- Tackled - imp. & p. p. - of Tackle
- Tackled - a. - Made of ropes tacked together.
- Derrick - n. - A mast, spar, or tall frame, supported at the top by stays or guys, with suitable tackle for hoisting heavy weights, as stones in building.
- Top-tackle - n. - A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
- Davit - n. - Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits.
- Garnet - n. - A tackle for hoisting cargo in our out.
- Whipper - n. - One who raises coal or merchandise with a tackle from a chip's hold.
- Cat - n. - A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship.
- Tug - n. - An iron hook of a hoisting tub, to which a tackle is affixed.
- Hal'yard - v. t. - A rope or tackle for hoisting or lowering yards, sails, flags, etc.
- Whip - v. t. - A small tackle with a single rope, used to hoist light bodies.
- Fish-tackle - n. - A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
- Tackle - n. - To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon.
- Frap - v. t. - To draw together; to bind with a view to secure and strengthen, as a vessel by passing cables around it; to tighten; as a tackle by drawing the lines together.
- Chockablock - a. - Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.
- Swig - n. - A tackle with ropes which are not parallel.
- Tackle - n. - To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
- Angle - n. - A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
- Cat's-paw - n. - A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.
- Fall - n. - That part (as one of the ropes) of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting.
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