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1600 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) III. 843 Wee haue no more sailes then mastes, no victuals, no ground-tackling, no cordage.
1710 No. 4703/4 Cordage and Ground-Tackling very good.
1798 E. Berry in Ld. Nelson (1845) III. 66 The dismasted Prize..is badly off for ground tackling.