double tackle

Noun

double tackle (plural double tackles)

1. A block and tackle composed of two pulley blocks, each of which has two sheaves (pulleys).
   • The city of London and the liberties thereof, are to find one admiral of nine hundred tons with three hundred and fifty men; another great ship of eight hundred tons, with two hundred sixty men; the four midling ships, of five hundred tons each, and two hundred men each; and one small ship of three...1772, Henry Swinden, The History and Antiquities of the Ancient Burgh of Great Yarmouth in the County of Norfolk, page 543
   • 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.1918, The Agricultural Gazette and Modern Farming - Volume 87, page 353
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.2021, Ed Hodge, Make Mine a Double