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twofold purchase

noun
variants: or twofold tackle

Definition of twofold purchase 

: a tackle of two double blocks with the standing part of the rope fast to the block from which the hauling part comes the twofold purchase … is commonly used for hoisting boats — Manual of Seamanship

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