Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1725, 1776, 1843-1885
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TACKLE, n., v. Also taickle (Fif. 1830 A. Stewart Dunfermline (1889) 21; Abd. R. Cassie Heid or Hert iii.), taickil (Slk. 1813 Hogg Queen's Wake 72), taikle (Abd. 1946 J. C. Milne Orra Loon 24), teckle (Fif., Lth. 1926 Wilson Cent. Scot. 270; Abd. 1966 Huntly Express (8 April) 6); teekle (Inv. 1911 Buchan Observer (10 April 1962) 7). Sc. forms and usages. [Sc. ‡tekl. See P.L.D. §48.1(3).]
I. n. 1. As in Eng., gear, equipment, harness, rigging; specif. an arrow. Arch. Obs. in Eng. in 17th c.Sc. 1776 D. Herd Sc. Songs I. 53:
The swallow-tails frae teckles flew.
2. Phr. to get the taikle, to get into trouble (Ags. 1972).
II. v. 1. To catch with fishing tackle.Per. 1843 R. Nicoll Poems 254:
A fouth o' spotted trout Whilk we had tackled weel.
2. With to, till: to set to work vigorously on (Sc. 1905 E.D.D.). Rare. Dial. in Eng.Per. 1874 R. S. Fittis Hist. Per. 287:
How he tackled to Eutropius and Caesar.e.Lth. 1885 S. Mucklebackit Rural Rhymes 238:
The barnyaird had to be tackled till.
3. Vbl.n. taikling, tackling, equipment. specif. ropes and pulleys.Gsw. 1725 Burgh Rec. Gsw. (1909) 236:
Scaffolding and taikling, pinding, plestering, and whytening the whole pens of the quier.
