Tackling

Tackling - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

(Isa. 33:23), the ropes attached to the mast of a ship. In Acts 27:19 this word means generally the furniture of the ship or the "gear" (27:17), all that could be removed from the ship.

Tackling - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

TACK'LING, ppr. Harnessing; putting on harness; seizing; falling on.

TACK'LING, n. Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, _c.

1. Instruments of action; as fishing tackling.

2. Harness; the instruments of drawing a carriage.