| 单词 | purchase tackle |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspurchase tackle purchase tackle n. ΚΠ 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse ii. iv. 70 (note) The term Purchase Tackle has of late years been applied to this kind of blocks. 1877 Defiance (Ohio) Democrat 8 Nov. 1/7 It took some time to haul in the wire rope by purchase tackle and steam winch at first and then by hand. 1906 Chicago Heights Star 28 June 3/3 We got purchase tackles on him [sc. a rhinoceros], and led them away to trees and stakes, and by these means we checked him. 2005 C. Severn Smeaton's Tower xii. 142 He calculated that the strain produced on the massive purchase tackle was equivalent to at least four times the weight of the heaviest stones. < as lemmas |
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