ground tackle

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.

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Etymology

Origin of ground tackle

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

Smalling has been struggling with a leg injury, while Jones suffered a toe problem in a training ground tackle made by his team-mate.

From BBC

Jones, 25, picked up a toe injury in an innocuous training ground tackle, with reports claiming it involved Smalling.

From BBC

I do not consider ships so anchored to be in danger if their ground tackle be good; but every thing that offers a stiff resistance must suffer from the fury of these blasts.

From Project Gutenberg

Despite Arsenal being the side who needed to get challenges in, Manchester United completed 21 ground tackles, over twice as many.

From The Guardian

Jol instructs his players to sit deep in their own third and wait for the opposition to come onto them, as the chalkboards of their interceptions and ground tackles demonstrates.

From The Guardian