Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Tackled \Tac"kled\, a.
Made of ropes tacked together.
My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made
like a tackled stair. --Shak.
Tackle \Tac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tackled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tackling}.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See {Tackle}, n.]
1. To supply with tackle. --Beau. & Fl.
2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to
tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler
tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
The greatest poetess of our day has wasted her time
and strength in tackling windmills under conditions
the most fitted to insure her defeat. --Dublin Univ.
Mag.