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tack⋅le

  [tak-uhl or, for 2–4, tey-kuhl] noun, verb, -led, -ling.
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–noun
1. equipment, apparatus, or gear, esp. for fishing: fishing tackle.
2. a mechanism or apparatus, as a rope and block or a combination of ropes and blocks, for hoisting, lowering, and shifting objects or materials; purchase.
3. any system of leverage using several pulleys.
4. Nautical. the gear and running rigging for handling a ship or performing some task on a ship.
5. an act of tackling, as in football; a seizing, grasping, or bringing down.
6. Football.
a. either of the linemen stationed between a guard and an end.
b. the position played by this lineman.
7. (formerly) tack 1 (def. 8).
–verb (used with object)
8. to undertake to handle, master, solve, etc.: to tackle a difficult problem.
9. to deal with (a person) on some problem, issue, etc.
10. to harness (a horse).
11. Football. to seize, stop, or throw down (a ball-carrier).
12. Soccer, Field Hockey. to block or impede the movement or progress of (an opponent having the ball) with the result of depriving the opponent of the ball.
13. to seize suddenly, esp. in order to stop.
–verb (used without object)
14. Football. to tackle an opponent having the ball.
Origin:
1200–50; ME takel gear, apparatus < MLG; akin to take

Related forms:
tackler, noun
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tack·le   (tāk'əl)   
n.  

  1. The equipment used in a particular activity, especially in fishing; gear.

    1. often (tā'kəl) Nautical A system of ropes and blocks for raising and lowering weights of rigging and pulleys for applying tension.

    2. A rope and its pulley.

    3. The act of stopping an opposing player carrying the ball, especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, as in football or Rugby.

    4. The act of obstructing a player in order to cause loss of possession of the ball, as in soccer.

    5. One of two offensive linemen positioned between the guard and the end on either side of the ball.

    6. One of two defensive linemen positioned to the inside of either end.

    7. Either of these positions.

  3. Sports

    1. The act of stopping an opposing player carrying the ball, especially by forcing the opponent to the ground, as in football or Rugby.

    2. The act of obstructing a player in order to cause loss of possession of the ball, as in soccer.

    3. One of two offensive linemen positioned between the guard and the end on either side of the ball.

    4. One of two defensive linemen positioned to the inside of either end.

    5. Either of these positions.

  4. Football

    1. One of two offensive linemen positioned between the guard and the end on either side of the ball.

    2. One of two defensive linemen positioned to the inside of either end.

    3. Either of these positions.

v.   tack·led, tack·ling, tack·les

v.   tr.

  1. To grab hold of and wrestle with (an opponent).

  2. Sports

    1. To stop (an opponent carrying the ball), especially by forcing the opponent to the ground.

    2. To obstruct (a player with the ball) in order to cause loss of possession of the ball.

  3. To engage or deal with: tackle a perplexing problem.

  4. To harness (a horse).

v.   intr. Sports
To tackle an opponent in possession of the ball.

[Middle English takel, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German; perhaps akin to Middle Dutch taken, to seize, grasp.]
tack'ler n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

tackle  (n.)
c.1250, "apparatus, gear," from M.Du. or M.L.G. takel "the rigging of a ship," perhaps related to M.Du. taken "grasp, seize" (see take), or perhaps from root of tack (1). Meaning "apparatus for fishing" is recorded from 1398. The noun meaning "act of tackling" in the sporting sense is recorded from 1876 (see tackle (v.)); as the name of a position in Amer. football, it is recorded from 1891.

tackle  (v.)
c.1340, "entangle, involve," from tackle (n.). Sense of "to furnish (a ship) with tackles" is from c.1400; meaning "to harness a horse" is recorded from 1714. The meaning "lay hold of, come to grips with, attack" is attested from 1828, described by Webster that year as "a common popular use of the word in New England, though not elegant;" fig. sense of "try to deal with" (a task or problem) is from 1840. The verb in the sporting sense first recorded 1884.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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