tacklehouse

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.
    — The under beadle, Philip Huffa, was to be accommodated with lodgings above the tacklehouse, and the Company's cellars were built in beneath it.

词形变化

tacklehouses plural tackle-house alternative tackle house alternative

词源

From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.
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