tackling Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb accept as a challenge
    tackle; take on; undertake.
    • I'll tackle this difficult task
  2. verb put a harness
    tackle; harness.
    • harness the horse
  3. verb seize and throw down an opponent player, who usually carries the ball
    tackle.

WordNet


Tac"kling noun
Definitions
(Naut.)
  1. Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
  2. Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. Walton.
  3. The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.

Webster 1913