block and tackle

Noun

 * 1) A system in which a rope, cable, or chain (the tackle) is passed over pulleys enclosed in two (or rarely more) blocks, one fixed and one attached to a load, which is used to gain mechanical advantage to lift or pull heavy loads.
 * 2)  The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt.
 * 1)  The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt.
 * 1)  The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt.
 * 1)  The underwear combination of stockings worn with a suspender belt.

Translations

 * Arabic:, مَحَالَة
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Bulgarian: полиспа́ст
 * Czech: kladkostroj
 * Danish: talje
 * Finnish:, taljasto
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:, Zugwerk
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πολύσπαστον, ἄρμενα, τροχιλεία
 * Gujarati:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: talía
 * Italian: polispasto,
 * Kazakh:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin: polyspaston, trochlea
 * Ligurian: paranco
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: talje
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: bloco de polias
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ко̏лотӯрнӣк коту̀рача
 * Latin: ,
 * Spanish:, polispasto, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:
 * Modern:
 * Ottoman: پلانقه
 * Ukrainian: поліспа́ст
 * Vietnamese: pa lăng