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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Cannon There is another tackle hooked to the rear or train of the carriage, to prevent the cannon from rolling into its place until it is charged: this is called the train-tackle.

1815 W. Burney Falconer's New Universal Dict. Marine (rev. ed.) Train-Tackle, a combination of pulleys, which is, during action, hooked to an eye-bolt, in the train of the carriage, and to a ring-bolt in the deck... Its use is, to prevent the gun from running out of the port whilst loading.

1832 United Service Jrnl. iii. 98 The mere smell of powder, and the actual recoil of the gun, without help from the train-tackle, form sources of satisfaction.

1873 T. D. Wilson Outl. Ship Building iii. viii. 268 To all the gun-ports on covered gun-decks the following bolts are required:..two eye bolts for train-tackle, one on either side, made with a double eye and flattened on the lower side, that a nob-hooked block may be used; [etc.].

1922 S. Schroeder Half Cent. Naval Service i. 6 For actual firing a half hitch was taken around all parts of the train tackle to jerk it out of the way of the recoil.

2008 G. Fremont-Barnes Victory vs Redoutable 29 Fitted between the rear of the gun carriage and the deck at the centreline was a train tackle, used to move the carriage backwards.