Category:Tackling

Tac"kling, n. (naut.)

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

2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.

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

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---excerpt from the Illustrated Bible Dictionary

Tackling - (Isaiah 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the "gear" (Acts 27:17), all that could be removed from the ship.