Tackling
['tæklɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tackle
(n.) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
(n.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling.
(n.) The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Equipment, TACKLE.[2]. Harness.
Typist: Robinson
Examples
- Whether it's passing, or tackling, or dribbling, there's no one to touch him, and then, he's got the head, and can hold us all together. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I then took my tackling, and, fastening a hook to the hole at the prow of each, I tied all the cords together at the end. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
Typist: Robinson