Tac·kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tackled p. pr. & vb. n. Tackling.]
  1. To supply with tackle.
  2. To fasten or attach, as with a tackle; to harness; as, to tackle a horse into a coach or wagon. [Colloq.]
  3. To seize; to lay hold of; to grapple; as, a wrestler tackles his antagonist; a dog tackles the game.
     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.
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  Tac·kled a. Made of ropes tacked together.
  My man shall be with thee,
  And bring thee cords made like a tackled stair.   --Shak.
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