sb. [A dial. var., chiefly northern, of TACKLE; cf. the forms taikle, teakle, -kil, s.v.] A hoisting apparatus: = TACKLE sb. 3; esp. one used for moving goods from floor to floor of a warehouse, etc. Also attrib.
1828. Craven Gloss., Teagle, a crane.
1835. Ure, Philos. Manuf., 45. This apparatus is called a hoist or teagle.
1887. Manchester Courier, 21 May, 7/2. The teagle did not hang over the street, but was in a recess. He saw no one guiding the teagle rope.
1901. Act 1 Edw. VII., c. 22 § 10. Every hoist or teagle and every fly wheel.
b. transf. (See quot.)
1908. Times, Lit. Supp., 4 June, 180/3. A detestable method of bird-catching … specially-manufactured fish-hooks are baited and fastened to a string, known as a ‘teagle,’ which is laid down in a place which the birds are likely to frequent.
1909. Spectator, 21 Aug., 269/1. A law was passed making it illegal to catch any bird by means of the teagle.
Hence Teagle v. trans., (a) to hoist or raise with or as with a teagle; = TACKLE v. 2; (b) to catch birds with a teagle (see b above). dial.
1841. R. W. Hamilton, Nugæ Lit., 355. To Teagle is to raise any thing by pulley or wheel.
1892. M. C. F. Morris, Yorksh. Folk-Talk, 386. Wa mun start ti teeagle ’em up wi’ t’hosses.
1910. Sat. Rev., 4 June, 712/1. Sympathy with ‘teagling,’ a barbarous but popular practice.
