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tacklehouse

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tack-le-house
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.

Inflected Forms

tacklehouses (plural) tackle-house (alternative) tackle house (alternative)

Questions

What does tacklehouse mean?
A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.
Where does tacklehouse come from?
From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.

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