tackle

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I say, you lost all the fish and the tackle last night, didn't you We lost all the fish, sir; but the tackle was all right; a bit tangled up, that's all Oars is the worst of it," said Josh, "only they was old uns.

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  1. noun The equipment used in a particular activity, especially in fishing; gear.
  2. noun Nautical A system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of rigging and pulleys for applying tension.
  3. noun A rope and its pulley.
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winch ·  rig ·  implement ·  mast ·  gear ·  pulley ·  hook ·  sling ·  anchor

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tackle:   tackling ·  tackled ·  tackles
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  1. Middle English takel, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch taken, to seize, grasp.

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  1. from Middle English takel, takil, taclc, from Middle Dutch, Dutch Low German (later G.) takel = Swedish tackel, takel = Danish takkel (Welsh tacl, from English), tackle; supposed to be connected with take (Icelandic taka = Old Swedish taka, etc.): see take. It is now commonly associated with tack, and the verb with attack. In defs. 5, 6, the noun is from the verb.
  2. from Middle English takelen, takilen; from tackle, n.
 

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