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| 3 results for tackling | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tackle \Tac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.] 1. To supply with tackle. --Beau. & Fl. 2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.] 3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time and strength in tackling windmills under conditions the most fitted to insure her defeat. --Dublin Univ. Mag. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tackling \Tac"kling\, n. (Naut.) 1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc. 2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. --Walton. 3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness. | |
| From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
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Tackling (Isa. 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the "gear" (27:17), all that could be removed from the ship. | |
