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relieving tackles

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 347 words | Copyright

relieving tackles.
1. Two strong tackles used in sailing men-of-war to provide a safeguard against a ship overturning when it was being careened on a beach with little slope down to the water.

2. Purchases rigged on either side of a vessel's tiller, to ease the strain in heavy seas when the pressure on the rudder was too great for the helmsman.

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