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double tackles

double tackles is the plural of double tackle.

Meaning of 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
  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

Questions about double tackles

What is double tackles the plural of?
Double tackles is the plural of double tackle.

Words near double tackles in the dictionary

  1. double suicides
  2. double summer time
  3. double switch
  4. double switches
  5. double tackle
  6. double tackles
  7. double take
  8. double taker
  9. double takers
  10. double takes
  11. double talk

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