stay tackle

noun

: a tackle hooked to a stay and used to lift loads amidships in stowing or discharging holds

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Rhymes for stay tackle

• cackle
• crackle
• hackle
• jackal
• shackle
• vakil
• ramshackle
• tabernacle
• zodiacal