Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Nautical The system of ropes, chains, and tackle used to support and control the masts, sails, and yards of a sailing vessel.
- noun The supporting material for construction work.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A ridge, as of a house; also, a roof.
- noun The ropes, chains, etc., which are employed to support and work all masts, yards, sails, etc., in a ship; tackle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See
Illustr . ofship andsails . - noun (Naut.) all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
- noun (Naut.) the shrouds and stays.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical The
system ofropes ,chains , andtackle used tosupport andcontrol themasts ,sails , andyards of aship - noun Similar
supporting material forconstruction work - verb Present participle of
rig .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- noun gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
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Examples
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Her rigging is something queer, and the next sharp squall will bring her head-gear all about the shop.
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Then Lerumie took to the main rigging, leaving Jerry impotently to rage on the deck beneath him.
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To look at them crawling about on deck or in the rigging is enough.
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Election rigging is part of the US political tradition.
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I was at the main rigging, looking to see if any more rain threatened.
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I started to rush below to the flag-locker, then remembered that in rigging the Ghost.
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I have collected them and will begin rigging a trap for Dr. Alfieri and his colleagues.
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Dream mine, and proved of utmost usefulness in rigging the great ore - cables across the river and two hundred feet above its surface.
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They followed his gaze, which passed across them to the main rigging, and saw what he saw, a brown hand and arm, muscular and wet, being joined from overside by a second brown hand and arm.
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Decker sends a young man aloft to tar down the main rigging but when the tar pot is untied, it drops on Decker's head.
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