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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tackled  \Tac"kled\,  a. 
  Made  of  ropes  tacked  together. 
 
  My  man  shall  be  with  thee,  And  bring  thee  cords  made 
  like  a  tackled  stair.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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 
 
  2.  To  fasten  or  attach,  as  with  a  tackle;  to  harness;  as  to 
  tackle  a  horse  into  a  coach  or  wagon.  [Colloq.] 
 
  3.  To  seize;  to  lay  hold  of  to  grapple;  as  a  wrestler 
  tackles  his  antagonist;  a  dog  tackles  the  game. 
 
  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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