tackle post

A post with whirls in a ropewalk, to twist the three strands which are laid up into a cord or rope tăc-kle, v. t. & i. [TACKLE, 8. ] A. Transitive: I. Literally: *1. To supply or furnish with tackle. "My ships ride in the bay Ready to disembogue, tackled , and manned Even to my wishes." Beaum. & Flet.: Knight of Malta , i. 3. 2. To operate, move, lift, fasten, or the like, by means of tackle. II. Fig .: To set vigorously upon; to take in hand carnestly; to set vigorously to work upon; to deal with, to engage in, to attack. "A paid collector would be infinitely more succe ful than any number of printed appeals signed by gentlemen who could not tackle pecple personally."- Field , April 4, 1885 . B. In trans.: To go vigorously to work; to make a bold attack; to set to earnestly. (Followed by fo . ) tăc-kled (kled as keld), pa . par. or a. [TAC. KLE,U.] *tackled-stair, s. A rope-ladder. "Bring thee cords made like a tackled stair." Shakesp.: Romeo and Juliet, ii. 4. tactics tăc-kler, s. [Eng. tackl(e); -er.] 1. Ord . Lang .: One who tackles. 2. Mining : A small chain having a hook at one end and a ring at the other; four are made fast to the skip in order to hoist it up the shaft. tăc-kling, s . [Eng. tackl (e); -ing.] 1. Furniture of masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, .; tackle. "Our shrouds were torn to pieces, our tacklings rent to nothing."-R. Peake: Three to One (English Garner, i. 627). *2. Instruments or apparatus of action. "I will furnish him with a rod, if you will furnish him Walton : Angler. with the rest of the tackling , and make him a fisher." 3. Cordage, straps, or other means of attaching an animal to a carriage; harne , or the like. tăcks'-man, s. [Eng. tack , and man . ] Scots Law: One who holds a tack or lease of land from another; a le ee, a tenant. "The Chief must be Colonel; his uncle or his brother must be Major; the tacksmen , who formed what may be called the peerage of the little community, must be the Captains."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiii.