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TACK-TACKLE
TACK-TACKLE, a small tackle used occasionally to pull down the tack of the principal sails of a ship to their respective stations. There is also a tackle of this kind constantly fixed to the tacks of the main-sail in brigs, sloops, and schooners, for the same purpose See the French term PALAN, and the phrases annexed thereto.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 289, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
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