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/blɑk ənd tˈækəl/ Listen

Block and tackle

noun

Pulley blocks with associated rope or cable.

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"Block and tackle" Quotes from Famous Books

... "We're the Boy Scout Engineers. Just loan me some of your canvas men who know how to rig a block and tackle and we'll have the elephant on his way to St. Cloud by daylight ...

— The Boy Scout Fire Fighters • Irving Crump

... came alongside the Zouave at the same time. "I don't know what I should do about this dromadary." Said the captain, "I think I'll take it on board and present it to the zoo at Marseille, I can't just leave it here." So by means of block and tackle the wet camel was hoisted onto the deck of the Zouave, which ...

— Tartarin de Tarascon • Alphonse Daudet

... way through the snowdrifts of Kentucky Gulch to the mine for loading. Again through the hours the drills bit into the rock walls, while the ore car clattered along the tram line and while the creaking of the block and tackle at the shaft seemed endless. In three days, approximately forty tons of ore must come out of that ...

— The Cross-Cut • Courtney Ryley Cooper