Tacklehouse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tacklehouse is a noun meaning 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.
Meaning
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.
Example Sentences
On the other side of the Atlantic 'tacklehouse' and 'ticket' porters unloaded the 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.
In 1648, the officers commissioned the company's carpenter and bricklayer to design and build a new tacklehouse by the river to assist merchants in unloading ships, a project that cost more than £20.
Word Forms
- tacklehouses
- tackle-house
- tackle house
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tackle house, porthouse, port, customshouse, harbor, dock.
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