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double tackle

noun

Definitions

  1. A block and tackle composed of two pulley blocks, each of which has two sheaves (pulleys).

    • The question between single and double tackle was practically settled for good at the Wolverhampton trials of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1871, when Fowlers obtained all the prizes.

  2. A tackle by two players of the same time on an opposition player.

    • It was the key breakthrough – and rich reward for the determined double tackle by Booth, who simply didn't give up.

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