watch-tackle

Unable, at the increased speed, to draw themselves nearer by means of their hands, they rigged from the blocks of their boat sail what sailors call a "watch-tackle."

Charley's Coup 2010

By means of the watch-tackle (I had made a new one),

Chapter 37 2010

Making the watch-tackle fast, I hove on the windlass and brought in the mast, inch by inch, till its top tilted down to the deck and finally its whole length lay on the deck.

Chapter 35 2010

I remembered the watch-tackle — a small double and single block affair — — and fetched it.

Chapter 35 2010

Calling to Maud to cease lowering, I went on deck and made the watch-tackle fast to the mast with a rolling hitch.

Chapter 37 2010

Again instructing Maud to slack away at the windlass when I gave the word, I proceeded to heave on the watch-tackle.

Chapter 35 2010

Again Maud rectified the twist with the watch-tackle, and again she lowered away from the windlass.

Chapter 37 2010

And, most remarkable of all, I was told, when it became necessary to open these ports for use, the task could easily be accomplished by two or three men and a stout watch-tackle.

The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

Unable, at the increased speed, to draw themselves nearer by means, they rigged from the blocks of their boat-sail what sailors call a "watch-tackle."

Charley's "Coup" 1905

Unable, at the increased speed, to draw themselves nearer by means of their hands, they rigged from the blocks of their boat sail what sailors call a "watch-tackle."

Charley's Coup 1905