block and tacklenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌblɒk ən ˈtæk.əl/us/ˌblɑːk ən ˈtæk.əl/a device for raising objects off the ground, consisting of one or more small wheels with a rope or chain going around them, connected to a high part of a building
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Machines - general words
- 3-D printer
- automatic
- backhoe
- bot
- cash machine
- cement mixer
- cloud chamber
- compactor
- contraption
- cotton gin
- crank
- derrick
- humidifier
- lift
- Mk
- plant
- rotor
- selector
- sensitive
- vending machine
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- A combination of pulleys called block and tackle is used where very heavy loads are to be moved.
- The larger projectiles had to be whipped up to the muzzle with block and tackle.
- The schooner got well to windward of the place where the set was to be made, and the first dory was lowered by a block and tackle.
- They pulled the man up with block and tackle.
- Using block and tackle in hoisting was a great help.