Tacklehouse
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 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.
"The under beadle, Philip Huffa, was to be accommodated with lodgings above the tacklehouse, and the Company's cellars were built in beneath it."
Example
More examples"The under beadle, Philip Huffa, was to be accommodated with lodgings above the tacklehouse, and the Company's cellars were built in beneath it."
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.
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