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Definition of Block and tackle
1. Noun. Pulley blocks with associated rope or cable.
Definition of Block and tackle
1. Noun. A system of two or more pulleys (the tackles) each enclosed by a housing (the block) with a rope or cable threaded between them, usually used to lift or pull heavy loads. ¹
2. Noun. (euphemistic) human male external genitalia ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Block And Tackle
Literary usage of Block and tackle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Block and Tackle.—For some classes of work, and especially for erecting in the
field, an ordinary block and tackle like the one shown in Fig. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1903)
"Plaintiff and his fellow-employes were engaged in raising piles with a block and
tackle, (iuy ropes were provided with which to steady the pile as it was ..."
3. A Laboratory Manual in Physics: To Accompany Black and Davis' "Practical by Newton Henry Black (1913)
"EXPERIMENT 8 EFFICIENCY OF A COMMERCIAL block and tackle What fraction of the
work put into a commercial Hock and tackle is got out under various conditions ..."
4. A Text-book of Physics by Louis Bevier Spinney (1911)
"In the block and tackle the three pulleys, a, b, e, are placed side by ...
The " differential block and tackle " is shown diagrammatically in Figure 54. ..."
5. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"EDF block and tackle, a mechanical appliance consisting of a combination ...
A single block contains one pulley, a double block, two block and tackle Fig. ..."
6. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Block and Tackle.—Same as " Block and Falls," qv Block Brake.—See "Brake."
Blocking.—The set of blocks which is placed under anything to raise and support ..."
7. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Block and Tackle.—For some classes of work, and especially for erecting in the
field, an ordinary block and tackle like the one shown in Fig. ..."
8. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1903)
"Plaintiff and his fellow-employes were engaged in raising piles with a block and
tackle, (iuy ropes were provided with which to steady the pile as it was ..."
9. A Laboratory Manual in Physics: To Accompany Black and Davis' "Practical by Newton Henry Black (1913)
"EXPERIMENT 8 EFFICIENCY OF A COMMERCIAL block and tackle What fraction of the
work put into a commercial Hock and tackle is got out under various conditions ..."
10. A Text-book of Physics by Louis Bevier Spinney (1911)
"In the block and tackle the three pulleys, a, b, e, are placed side by ...
The " differential block and tackle " is shown diagrammatically in Figure 54. ..."
11. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"EDF block and tackle, a mechanical appliance consisting of a combination ...
A single block contains one pulley, a double block, two block and tackle Fig. ..."
12. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"Block and Tackle.—Same as " Block and Falls," qv Block Brake.—See "Brake."
Blocking.—The set of blocks which is placed under anything to raise and support ..."
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