TACK'LING, participle present tense Harnessing; putting on harness; seizing; falling on. TACK'LING, noun Furniture of the masts and yards of a ship, as cordage, sails, etc. 1. Instruments of action; as fishing tackling 2. Harness; the instruments of drawing a carriage.
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