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LUFF-TACKLE
LUFF-TACKLE, a name given by sailors to any large tackle that is not destined for a particular place, but may be variously employed as occasion requires. It is generally somewhat larger than the jigger-tackle, although smaller than those which serve to hoist the heavier materials into and out of the vessel: which latter are the main and fore-tackles, the stay and quarter-tackles, &c.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 185, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0835.html