A kind of pulley or tackle for hoisting heavy objects.
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > tackle or purchase > [noun] > other tackles (10) polancre1356 A kind of pulley or tackle for hoisting heavy objects. Breton tackle1495 = burton, n.1 burton1704 A small tackle consisting of two or three blocks or pulleys used to set up or tighten rigging, or to shift heavy bodies. There are several… relieving tackle1717 tackle, or a tackle, used to relieve the strain on a vessel or any part of it; spec. (a) tackles used on either side of a ship to prevent it… Spanish burton1829 (see quots.). watch-tackle1840 a tackle, n. 3a by means of which the watch can perform various operations without the help of additional men. pendant tackle1852 top-burtonc1860 see quot. 1867 and burton, n.1; also attributive. cant-fall1867 the tackle connected with the cant-blocks of a whaling ship. coal-whipper1881 A person who raises coal out of a ship's hold by means of a pulley. Also: †an apparatus for this purpose (obsolete). |
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