block and tackle

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   pulley blocks with associated rope or cable

   Broaderhoist

   Partspulley

Questions about block and tackle

What does block and tackle mean?

block and tackle means "pulley blocks with associated rope or cable".

Is block and tackle a common word?

block and tackle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.