1702 F. Povey 36 Port Tackles, Coyle.
1852 W. N. Brady (ed. 6) v. 186 Man the side and port tackles.
1969 J. Masefield ii. 49 To open a port one had to haul upon a rope, called a port-tackle, which led from the inside of the ship through a round hole above the port, and thence down to a ring on the outside of the lid.