RELIEVING TACKLE

Definition: RELIEVING TACKLE

RELIEVING TACKLE

1. (Naut.) (a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. (b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. --Totten. --Craig.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Anagrams: RELIEVING TACKLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-g-i-i-k-l-l-n-r-t-v"
	-3 letters: intervillage.
	-4 letters: granitelike, intervallic.
	-5 letters: allergenic, cantilever, generative, interleave, reelecting, retackling, trancelike, travelling, vicegerent.
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