Wiktionary
alt. A crude improvisation or bodged effort. n. A crude improvisation or bodged effort.
WordNet
n. any improvised arrangement for temporary use [syn: contrivance]
Usage examples of "lash-up".
Mostly the walls were dun brown, stained with smoke or water, and crumbling where wiring lash-ups and air and waste ducts had been hammered into place.
With three mattresses, several dismembered bunk beds, ropes, bed sheets, and some hose clamps, we managed a lash-up that seemed to be holding.
When their old town-bought shoes had worn out, their first attempts at making leather replacements had been disasters, ill-fitting lash-ups that had rubbed and burned and caused blisters.
They would assist JC in manning a two-meter intercom station to provide communication among the four Radio Club lash-ups from Santa Barbara County-Santa Maria at the Death Valley Sand Dunes to the north, Lompoc atop Dante's View on the east, the Vandenberg AFB group at Badwater, and the Santa Bonita operation here at Sam Sutkliffe's cabin at sea level.