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tackle-porter

tackle-porter noun: a porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.

Noun

tackle-porter (plural tackle-porters)

  1. A porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.
    • And it was likewise enacted "that all and every the tackle-house and ticket-porter and porters should execute a bond with two good and sufficient sureties to the said governor for the time being, in the penalty of 100l., conditioned for paying, making good, and reimbursing to any merchant or...1843, John Scott, Scott's New Reports in the Court of Common Pleas, page 47
    • ...he, the plaintiff was on the said wharf with divers, to wit, three servants, then being ticket-porters of the said city duly and regularly admitted, and then was ready and willing and offered to unship, land, and carry the said casks of olive oil, and no other tackle-porter belonging to the said...1884, Report of cases argued and determined in the English courts

Forms of tackle-porter

pluraltackle-porters
alternative formtackle porter

Questions about tackle-porter

What does tackle-porter mean?
Tackle-porter means a porter employed by a tacklehouse who loads and unloads ships.
What part of speech is tackle-porter?
Tackle-porter is a noun.
What is the plural of tackle-porter?
The plural of tackle-porter is tackle-porters.

Words near tackle-porter in the dictionary

  1. tackle porters
  2. tackle twill
  3. tackle twills
  4. tackle-house
  5. tackle-houses
  6. tackle-porter
  7. tackle-porters
  8. tackleable
  9. tacklebox
  10. tackleboxes
  11. tackled

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