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.
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Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tacklehouse ranks #16,161 of 43,053 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the 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.e.g.“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:
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