Chapter Tablebook to Tackle of T by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Tackle
(Tac"kle), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tackled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tackling.] [Cf. LG. takeln to equip. See Tackle, n.]

1. To supply with tackle. Beau. & Fl.

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.