tacklehouse
tacklehouse noun: a building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.
Noun
tacklehouse (plural tacklehouses)
- A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.
- The under beadle, Philip Huffa, was to be accommodated with lodgings above the tacklehouse, and the Company's cellars were built in beneath it.1977, Anne Crawford, A history of the Vintners' Company, page 167
- In 1648, the officers commissioned the company's carpenter and bricklayer to design and build a new tacklehouse by the river to assist merchants in unloading ships, a project that cost more than £20.1997, Joseph P. Ward, Metropolitan Communities: Trade Guilds, Identity, and Change in Early Modern London, page 50
Forms of tacklehouse
| plural | tacklehouses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | tackle-house |
| alternative form | tackle house |
Origin of tacklehouse
From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.
Questions about tacklehouse
- What does tacklehouse mean?
- Tacklehouse means a building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.
- What part of speech is tacklehouse?
- Tacklehouse is a noun.
- What is the plural of tacklehouse?
- The plural of tacklehouse is tacklehouses.
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