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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Naut.)

Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.

Instruments of action;

as, fishing

tackling

Walton.

The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.

ppr.

Harnessing; putting on harness; seizing; falling on.

Noun.

Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, &c.

Instruments of action; as fishing tackling.

Harness; the instruments of drawing a carriage.

tackling

tackling ‎(plural tacklings)