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What is the noun for tackle?

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tackle
  1. (nautical) A system of ropes and blocks used to increase the force applied to the free end of the rope.
  2. (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
  3. (uncountable, informal) By extension, any piece of equipment, particularly gadgetry.
  4. (sports, countable) A play where a player attempts to take control over the ball from an opponent, as in rugby or football.
  5. (American football, rugby, countable) A play where a defender brings the ball carrier to the ground.
  6. (countable) Any instance in which one person forces another to the ground.
  7. (American football) The offensive positions between each guard and end: offensive tackle; a person playing that position.
  8. (American football) The defensive positions between two ends: defensive tackle; a person playing that position.
  9. (slang) A man's genitalia.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “A shortage of cutting tools and tackle seem to be holding them up.”
      “Healy put in a superb crunching tackle in the first few minutes that set the tone for the evening.”
      “They pumped out the water and used ropes and tackle to lift and pull pieces of the aircraft apart.”
tackler
  1. A footballer who tackles another.
  2. (weaving, dated, Britain) A person who repairs weaving looms.
  3. Examples:
    1. “He was the team's most consistent defensive player this season and a sure tackler.”
      “Fast, intelligent and a great tackler, he will be no walkover, even for players as good as Olivier Magne, Budge Pountney and Neil Back.”
      “Even with the loss of their leading tackler and rusher, I see the Patriots pulling away methodically over the course of the night.”
tacklebox
  1. A box for the storage of fishing tackle.
tackling
tackleboxes
  1. plural of tacklebox
tacklings
  1. plural of tackling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And though I lend you my very rod and tacklings, yet you have not my fiddlestick, that is, the skill wherewith I guide it.”
tacklers
  1. plural of tackler
  2. Examples:
    1. “Defensively they also looked sound with tacklers crowding out Ulster's attempts to put runners through the middle.”
      “The scoring began again soon after the restart as Rowe pushed off three tacklers for his second try and Broadhurst also forced his way over.”
      “He jigs past his first two tacklers, sprints down the line and then hands off Menchaca to touch down.”
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