Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Tackling

Tackling , noun

1.
(Nautical) Furniture of the masts and yards of a vessel, as cordage, sails, etc.
2.
Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling. — Walton
3.
The straps and fixures adjusted to an animal, by which he draws a carriage, or the like; harness.