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Ground tackle   /graʊnd tˈækəl/   Listen
Ground tackle

noun
1.
A mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving.  Synonym: anchor.






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"Ground tackle" Quotes from Famous Books



... following morning, when they came on deck for the forenoon watch, their port was well in sight. The two men now separated for the first time, Parratt going aft to take his trick at the wheel, and Foucault being set to help in getting ready the ground tackle. ...
— John Thorndyke's Cases • R. Austin Freeman



Words linked to "Ground tackle" :   grapnel anchor, stem, sheet anchor, hook, mooring anchor, vessel, watercraft, claw, anchor, waist anchor, flue, fluke, grapnel, mushroom anchor, shank



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