Word Meanings - FISH-BLOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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• 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
• 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.
• 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.
• TOP-TACKLE
  A tackle used in hoisting and lowering the topmast.
• ENTACKLE
  To supply with tackle. Skelton.