Word Meanings - ENTACKLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To supply with tackle. Skelton.

TACKLE
The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any purchase where more than one block is used. Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley. -- Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a. -- Ground tackle , anchors, cables, etc. -- Gun tackle, the apparatus
SUPPLYMENT
A supplying or furnishing; supply. Shak.
SUPPLY
LL. suppletare, from L. supplere, suppletum; sub under + plere to 1. To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial
SUPPLYANT
Supplying or aiding; auxiliary; suppletory. Shak.
TACKLED
Made of ropes tacked together. My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. Shak.
UNTACKLE
To unbitch; to unharness. Tusser.
RESUPPLY
To supply again.
FISH-TACKLE
A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
OVERSUPPLY
To supply in excess.
TOP-TACKLE
A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
ENTACKLE
To supply with tackle. Skelton.
WATER SUPPLY
A supply of water; specifically, water collected, as in reservoirs, and conveyed, as by pipes, for use in a city, mill, or the like.