[f. TACKLE v. + -ER1.] One who tackles, in various senses. † a. (?) Obs. b. An overlooker of power-loom weavers. c. One who tackles in football. d, e: see quots.
a. 1686. Blome, Gentl. Recreat., II. 62. Hack Hawk, that is a Tackler.
b. 1864. Ramsbottam, Phases Distress, 34. Tackler Tom con stond it o’.
1882. Standard, 7 Sept., 2/3. Power-loom overlookers, or ‘tacklers,’ and carders and strippers followed.
1901. Speaker, 20 July, 439/1. Each ‘tackler’ or overlooker has a certain number of looms assigned to his care. Ibid. While the tacklers ‘drive’ the weavers, the manager in turn ‘drives’ the tacklers.
c. 1891. Lock to Lock Times, 24 Oct., 13/1. He is a rare tackler, and his famous rushes have warded off many an attack on the Marlow goal.
d. 1891. Labour Commission Gloss., Tackler, one who puts in the tacks used in ‘lasting.’
e. 1881. Raymond, Mining Gloss., Tacklers (Derb.), small chains put around loaded corves.
