block and tackle
noun [U]Definition
› a device for raising objects off the ground, consisting of one or more small wheels with a rope or chain going around them, connected to a high part of a buildingMachinery and machinesHousehold equipment and domestic chores
(Definition of block and tackle noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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