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tackler en · NOUN

Etymology

From tackle + -er.

Meanings

1. A player who tackles another.
   • When frustrated tacklers finally do catch up with him, Arnett knows how to take his lumps. "If I hit the ground tensely, rigidly, and two tons of angry linemen landed on top of me, they'd break every bone in my body." 1960 May 12, “Artful Dodgers”, in Time:
   • The ball carrier can be with or without a football. For the “Head-On” tackle have the “Ball Carrier” stand right in front of the pit and face the tackler. 2007, Bob Swope, Youth Football Drills and Plays Handbook, page 29:
2. (UK, dated) A person who repairs weaving looms.

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