The fish was fastened alongside by heavy iron chains and, with heavy tackles from the main masthead and loading to the windlass, the blubber was slowly hoisted on deck.
Small tackles were fastened to the tiller, and the schooner brought head to wind.
It is larger than the jigger-tackle, but smaller than the fore and main yard-tackles or the stay-tackles.
Below the above are the reef-earings, which are used to reef the sail when the reef-tackles have stretched it to take off the strain.
A rope secured at each end of the heads of the fore and main masts, with thimbles spliced in its bight to hook the stay-tackles to.
The ropes or tackles by which the outer end of a gaff is hoisted, as opposed to the throat-halliards (which see).
The reef-tackles are hauled out, and the other aids complete, before the men are sent aloft.
They are not wanted where the yard-tackles are constantly used.
They are, when the rudder or tiller is damaged, worked by tackles hooked to the after-channel bolts.
Thus of old, when a boat was to be hoisted in, they said--"Hitch the tackles into the rings of the boat.
Tackles attached to the fore and main yards of a ship, whereby, with the assistance of the stay-tackles, the boats and other weights are hoisted in and out.
The iron eye-bolts to which the tackles are hooked.
The persons who furnish all tackles and stores, &c.
With tackles and ropes then adjusted, as all good sailors know how to do, the heel was lowered slowly and the top elevated by the guys, until the mast stood on its foot and was secured upright.
A large combing sea came along and tore it from their hold, smashing it against the side of the ship and then carrying its remnants away with its tackles and all its fittings.
However, he tackles it once more, using the full-arm movement and sprinklin' in Spanish liberal whenever he got stuck.
And as they drift off Jonesey tackles a slice of lunch-room pie placid.
Come, Lonny Bowles, pick up themtackles an' git to the shanty.
Captain Joe watched the changing sky where hour by hour were placarded the bulletins of the impending outbreak, and redoubled his efforts on the lines of the watch-tackles at which the men were tugging, pulling the derricks to their places.
Most of the men who had stood to the watch-tackles in the rolling surf sat beside him on the sloop.
She was a decked boat, with a well into which the ropes and gear were led and were attached to all sorts of levers, tackles and winches, to enable her to be sailed single-handed.
Tackles and weights were rigged in the Undaunted in order that the men might learn these truths by practice.
The gunners were also responsible for the care and maintenance of the gun gear, side tackles, train tackles and the ammunition.
The young men would have the tackles on her and have her up, oh, ever so quick;" and so she had been reassured, and walked up and down.
In the second half Lawrenceville rushed the ball down the field, making a second touch-down by sending Dibble through the tacklesand around left end.
Baker, at quarter, passes well, is a good general, and tackles hard.
He tackles hard, but has a bad fault of getting his own head under his opponent, instead of giving his man the full force of a hard fall.
He is seldom put out of a play, tackles his man hard and sure.
Andover was outplayed at the tackles and guards, for here is where Lawrenceville has played strongest all through the year.
Plays on the tackles and ends brought the ball down well toward Andover's goal line, when Dibble rushed it over, and Cadwalader kicked a good goal.
He is very steady in putting the ball in play, breaks through well, and tackles hard.
He is a hard worker, gets into every play, is very fast, and tackles well.
Tackles were rove and stretched along forward of the windlass, as well as deck-stoppers hooked on to the ringbolts fore and aft.
The pumps were rigged and every thing clewed up except the fore and main-top-sails, the yard lowered down and the reef-tackles rolled out; and thus we ran the remainder of the night.
The tail-rope of each tackle ended in a noose that was hitched on a hook on the wall, and the falls of the two tackles were hitched lightly over two other hooks.
Both tackleswere secured to it and all hands took to the windlass levers.
The Andover attack, with the same precision as before, struck anywhere between the tackles and found holes.
The cry stuck in his memory all through the jubilant night and long after, when in his delicious bed he tossed and worried over the tackles he had missed.
The veterans with the red L on their black sweaters were apart, tossing the ball back and forth and taking playful tacklesat one another.
Opossum was ordered by signal to pull up the first pile, which she did by the aid oftackles and steam power.
Then the top-sails close reefed and furled with extra gaskets, and so with the courses; preventer braces clapped on, rolling tackles hooked, and the spare purchases set up by the lower pennants.
Tackles were hooked on to the top of the walls, and thundering down they came almost on the heads of the men.
I got on very well with my scanty crew, for as there were winches and tackles of all sorts on board, I managed to work the vessel easily enough.
He is strong on his feet, runs and tackles well, and is in every play.
He follows the ball closely, gets into every play, and tackles well.
Down came the topsail yards, the reef-tackles were manned and hauled out, and we climbed up to windward, and sprang into the weather rigging.
We had got the light sails furled, the courses hauled up, and the topsail reef-tackles hauled out, and were just mounting the fore-rigging when the storm struck us.
By hauling every brace and bowline, and clapping watch-tackles upon all the sheets and halyards, we managed to hold our own, and drop the leeward vessels a little in every tack.
No sooner was she all snug, than tackles were got up on the yards and stays, and the long-boat and pinnace hove out.
Rigging all let go, and washing about decks; topsail yards down upon the caps, and sails flapping and beating against the masts; and starboard watch hauling out the reef-tackles of the main topsail.
All hands were now employed in setting up the lee rigging, fishing the spritsail yard, lashing the galley, and getting tackles upon the martingale, to bowse it to windward.
Then I tackles the 'phone, which results in three snappy conversations with a grouchy butler at sixty cents a throw, but no real dope on the Beckhams or their guests.
So the first openin' I has I tackles Mr. Robert on the side.
Then the word was given, and the boats were cast off and lowered, the tackles of the heavier groaning mightily under the strain.
When they struck the water, the falls were instantly let go; and, as the boats drifted astern, the tackles unrove their long length from the blocks, and were hauled on board again.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tackles" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
