Tackling

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tackling \Tac"kling\, n. (Naut.)
     1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage,
        sails, etc.
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     2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. --Walton.


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     3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he
        draws a carriage, or the like; harness.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tackle \Tac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.]
     1. To supply with tackle. --Beau. & Fl.
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     2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to
        tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
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     3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler
        tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
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              The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time
              and strength in tackling windmills under conditions
              the most fitted to insure her defeat. --Dublin Univ.
                                                    Mag.
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     4. (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the
        ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the
        play.
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     5. To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tackling
       n : taking the bull by the horns [syn: {braving}, {confronting},
            {coping with}, {grappling}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Tackling
     (Isa. 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts
     27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the
     "gear" (27:17), all that could be removed from the ship.