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| 单词 | long tackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslong tackle long tackle n. Nautical a light tackle consisting of two blocks of unequal sizes, used for hoisting, etc.; also more fully long tackle block. ΚΠ 1759 News-readers Pocket-bk. 78 At the other End is a long Tackle Block, in which the Fall is reeved. 1796 D. Steel Art of Rigging ii. 48 A long tackle is hooked to a thimble, spliced in the ends of the pendents, and to an eye-bolt in the mizen-chains. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Long-tackles, those overhauled down for hoisting up topsails to be bent. Long-tackle blocks have two sheaves of different sizes placed one above the other, as in fiddle blocks. 1993 P. O'Brian Wine-dark Sea ii. 35 And bring me back a pair of girt-lines and two long-tackle blocks. 2003 K. Julier Period Ship Kit Builder's Man. (2005) xviii. 124/2 They are rigged in a similar manner to other stays but are sometimes taken down to the deck by means of long tackle. < as lemmas |
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