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teagle, n.|ˈtiːg(ə)l|
[A dial. var., chiefly northern, of tackle; cf. the forms taikle, teakle, -kil, s.v.]
A hoisting apparatus: = tackle n. 3; esp. one used for moving goods from floor to floor of a warehouse, etc. Also attrib.
1828Craven Gloss., Teagle, a crane. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 45 This apparatus is called a hoist or teagle. 1887Manchester Courier 21 May 7/2 The teagle did not hang over the street, but was in a recess. He saw no one guiding the teagle rope. 1901Act 1 Edw. VII, c. 22 §10 Every hoist or teagle and every fly wheel.
b. transf. (See quot.)
1908Times, Lit. Supp. 4 June 180/3 A detestable method of bird-catching..specially-manufactured fish-hooks are baited and fastened to a string, known as a ‘teagle’, which is laid down in a place which the birds are likely to frequent. 1909Spectator 21 Aug. 269/1 A law was passed making it illegal to catch any bird by means of the teagle.
Hence ˈteagle v. trans., (a) to hoist or raise with or as with a teagle; = tackle v. 2; (b) to catch birds with a teagle (see b above). dial.
1841R. W. Hamilton Nugæ Lit. 355 To Teagle is to raise any thing by pulley or wheel. 1892M. C. F. Morris Yorksh. Folk-Talk 386 Wa mun start ti teeagle 'em up wi' t'hosses. 1910Sat. Rev. 4 June 712/1 Sympathy with ‘teagling’, a barbarous but popular practice. |