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Block And Tackle

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Noun

1. block and tackle

pulley blocks with associated rope or cable

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Block And Tackle

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noun
a hoisting device in which a rope or chain is passed around a pair of blocks containing one or more pulleys. The upper block is secured overhead and the lower block supports the load, the effort being applied to the free end of the rope or chain

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Block And Tackle

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an arrangement of one or more pulley blocks, with rope or cables, providing significant mechanical advantage for pulling or hoisting large, heavy objects

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Block And Tackle

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n.
An apparatus of pulley blocks and ropes or cables used for hauling and hoisting heavy objects.

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