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overtackle en · VERB

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Etymology

From over- + tackle.

Meanings

1. To use or equip with excessive tackle.
   • You can use virtually any sturdy tackle and, generally speaking, it is better to overtackle than to undertackle. 1963, Heinz Ulrich, America's Best Deep-sea Fishing, page 234:
   • A lot of kings are taken by accident, by fishermen trolling for marlin and sailfish, and as a result they are often overtackled and the fighting qualities of this great fish are not appreciated. 1976, Nick Karas, America's Favorite Salt-water Fishing, Dutton Adult, page 122:
   • The explosive strike of a tenor fifteen-pound largemouth bass as it rushed from the cover of lily pads to take the bob must have been as exciting sport as any had by the most overtackled present-day angler. 2013, Paul Schullery, The Fishing Life: An Angler's Tales of Wild Rivers and Other Restless Metaphors, Skyhorse Publishing Inc., →ISBN, page 40:

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