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ROLLING-TACKLE
ROLLING-TACKLE, a pulley or purchase fastened to that part of a sail-yard which is to the windward of the mast, in order to confine the yard close down to the leeward when the sail is furled.It is used to prevent the yard from having a great friction against the mast in a high sea, which would be equally pernicious to both.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 247, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/1088.html