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Noun [English]

Forms: block and tackles [plural], blocks and tackles [plural]
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  1. A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads. Categories (topical): Simple machines Synonyms: polyspast, muffle, hoisting-tackle Related terms: block tackle Translations (system of several pulleys): πολύσπαστον (polúspaston) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), ἄρμενα (ármena) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), τροχιλεία (trokhileía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), مُحْل (muḥl) [masculine] (Arabic), مَحَالَة (maḥāla) [feminine] (Arabic), полиспа́ст (polispást) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kladkostroj [masculine] (Czech), talje [common-gender] (Danish), väkipyörästö (Finnish), taljasto (Finnish), polyspaste [masculine] (French), moufle [feminine] (French), aparello [masculine] (Galician), Flaschenzug [masculine] (German), Zugwerk [neuter] (German), πολύσπαστο (polýspasto) [neuter] (Greek), גַּלְגֶּלֶת [feminine] (Hebrew), מַעֲרֶכֶת גַּלְגִּלּוֹת (ma'arekhet galgilot) [feminine] (Hebrew), csigasor (Hungarian), talía [feminine] (Icelandic), talja (Ingrian), polispasto [masculine] (Italian), paranco [masculine] (Italian), polyspaston [neuter] (Latin), trochlea [feminine] (Latin), paranco [masculine] (Ligurian), talje [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), talje [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), پلانقه (palanka) (Ottoman Turkish), wielokrążek [masculine] (Polish), bloco de polias [masculine] (Portuguese), scripete [masculine] (Romanian), полиспа́ст (polispást) [masculine] (Russian), таль (talʹ) (Russian), ко̏лотӯрнӣк m коту̀рача [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), kȍlotūrnīk [Latin, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), kotùrača [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), polipasto [masculine] (Spanish), polispasto [masculine] (Spanish), mufla [feminine] (Spanish), aparejo [masculine] (Spanish), talja (Swedish), palanga [Modern] (Turkish), поліспа́ст (polispást) (Ukrainian), pa lăng (Vietnamese)
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  2. (euphemistic) The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt. Tags: euphemistic Categories (topical): Simple machines, Underwear Related terms (garment combination): belt and braces
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      "word": "поліспа́ст"
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      "word": "pa lăng"
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}

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