Meaning

noun the person who plays that position on a football team

noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

noun gear used in fishing

originFrom Middle English takel (“gear, apparatus”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German takel (“ship's rigging”), perhaps related to Middle Dutch taken (“to grasp, seize”). Akin to Danish takkel (“tackle”), Swedish tackel (“tackle”). More at take.

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