tacklehouse

词形变化

tacklehouses 复数 tacklehouses

别名

tackle house tackle-house

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A building located at a port, and the corresponding business operated by one of the major shipping companies, that employs porters to load and unload goods from ships.

词源

From tackle + house where "tackle" refers to a device for grasping and moving objects, which was used by the porters belonging to the tacklehouse.

来源：wiktionary