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tacklehouse

noun

Etymology

From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.

  1. inherited from husen
  2. derived from *(s)kews-✻
  3. inherited from *hūsą✻ — “house”
  4. inherited from *hūs✻
  5. inherited from hūs — “dwelling, shelter, house”
  6. inherited from hous
  7. compounded as tacklehouse — “tackle + house”

Definitions

  1. A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major…

    A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.

    • The under beadle, Philip Huffa, was to be accommodated with lodgings above the tacklehouse, and the Company's cellars were built in beneath it.
    • In 1648, the officers commissioned the company's carpenter and bricklayer to design and build a new tacklehouse by the river to assist merchants in unloading ships, a project that cost more than £20.
    • On the other side of the Atlantic 'tacklehouse' and 'ticket' porters unloaded the ships.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA