tacklings
- plural of tackling.
Example Sentences
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But as soon as I got word what happened I bade Ralph to put the tacklings on the ass.
From New Irish Comedies by Gregory, Lady
The friends of France our shrouds and tacklings?
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by Shakespeare, William
"Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey."
From The Ship of Stars by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
See how her sayles be rent, her tacklings worne, Her Cable broke, her surest Anchor lost: Her Marryners doe leaue her all forlorne, Yet how shee bends towards that blessed Coast!
From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril
Observe the rattling of the tacklings, and see the sheets that fasten the mainsail behind; the force of the wind puts them upon the stretch.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
