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Definition: FISH-TACKLE

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Fish-tackle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: FISH-TACKLE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "FISH-TACKLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)