double tackle
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A block and tackle composed of two pulley blocks, each of which has two sheaves (pulleys).
noun
A tackle by two players of the same time on an opposition player.
Example Sentences
- "The city of London and the liberties thereof, are to find one admiral of nine hundred tons with three hundred and fifty men; another great ship of eight hundred tons, with two hundred sixty men; the four midling ships, of five hundred tons each, and two hundred men each; and one small ship of three hundred tons, with one hundred and fifty men; with double tackle, munition, wages, and victuals."
- "The question between single and double tackle was practically settled for good at the Wolverhampton trials of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1871, when Fowlers obtained all the prizes."
- "When the envelope angle of the conductor passing the tackle for paying-off is more than 30 degrees, but less than 60 degrees, it is required to use double tackle for paying-off and that quantity of tower continuously passed fails to exceed 20."
- "It was the key breakthrough – and rich reward for the determined double tackle by Booth, who simply didn't give up."