'Tackled' definitions:
Definition of 'Tackled'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Football) To cause the ball carrier to fall to the ground, thus ending the forward motion of the ball and the play. [PJC]
- 5. To begin to deal with; as, to tackle the problem. [PJC]
Definition of 'Tackled'
From: GCIDE
- Tackled \Tac"kled\, a. Made of ropes tacked together. [1913 Webster]
- My man shall be with thee, And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Tackled'
- Tackle,
- Tackling,
- Fall and tackle,
- Fishing tackle,
- Fore tackle,
- Ground tackle,
- Gun tackle,
- Luff tackle,
- Reef tackle,
- Relieving tackle,
- Rolling tackle,
- Stay tackle,
- Stock tackle,
- Tack tackle,
- Tackle board,
- Tackle fall,
- Tackle post,
- To underrun a tackle,
- Train tackle,
- Watch tackle,
- Winding tackle,
- block and tackle,
- Fish-tackle,
- Gun tackle purchase,
- To come up the tackle fall,
- Top-tackle