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rigging
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rig \Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rigged; p. pr. & vb. n. Rigging.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS. wr[=i]han to cover.]
To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
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To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace.
--L'Estrange.To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.
To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
Rigging \Rig"ging\, n. 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. of Ship and Sails.
Running rigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 15c., "action of fitting (a ship) with ropes, etc.; 1590s as "ropes that work the sails of a ship," verbal noun from rig (v.).
Wiktionary
n. 1 dress; tackle; especially (context nautical English), the ropes, chains, etc., that support#Verb the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. 2 Similar supporting material for construction work vb. (present participle of rig English)
WordNet
n. gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn: trailer truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, articulated lorry, semi]
formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: rigging]
a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, turnout]
gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing tackle, fishing rig]
a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses [syn: carriage, equipage]
the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat]
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Wikipedia
Rigging (from Anglo-Saxon wrigan or wringing, "to clothe") is the apparatus through which the force of the wind is used to propel sailboats and sailing ships forward. This includes masts, yards, sails, and cordage.
Rigging may refer to:
Nautical- Rigging, the mechanical sailing apparatus attached to a sailing ship.
- Standing rigging, fixed in position while the boat is under sail to support mast and spars
- Running rigging, changed often while under sail to raise, lower and control the sails
- Rowing apparatus in a boat, see Glossary of rowing terms
- Rigging (theatre), system used in a theater to move lighting, scenery, or other items
- Aerial rigging, setting up apparatus for circus aerial acts, such as trapeze
- Vote rigging, illegally interfering in the counting of votes in an election
- Rodeo bareback rigging, riding equipment
- Rigging a mesh, preparing graphics models for a type of animation
- Rigging (material handling) any form of lifting gear, tackle, equipment for moving heavy loads over short distances, etc. and the procedures of lifting and moving heavy loads.
Rigging is both a noun, the equipment, and verb, the action of designing and installing the equipment, in the preparation to move objects. A team of riggers design and install the lifting or rolling equipment needed to raise, roll, slide or lift objects such as with a crane or block and tackle.
Rigging comes from rig, to set up or prepare. Rigging is the equipment such as wire rope, turnbuckles, clevis, jacks used with cranes and other lifting equipment in material handling and structure relocation. Rigging systems commonly include shackles, master links and slings. Also, lifting bags in under water lifting.
In the United States the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulates workplace safety including rigging in CFR 1926.251.
Usage examples of "rigging".
When they had made their tallies other gangs of seamen rolled the great barrels down to the beach and loaded them into the largest pinnace to be taken out to the galleon, which lay anchored out in the channel, under her new mainmast and rigging.
Still the Berceau held on, though her way was checked, and now her bow-guns answered with chain-shot that shrieked high through the rigging, cutting ropes and sails as it went.
The Biter was alongside the rigging wharf, starboard side to, and almost without a conscious intention he crossed the deck, swung legs across the bulwarks, and clambered down on to the dockside That Sam Holt had betrayed him he would not believe.
Through the grille of the hatch he could see a mast, and sailors clambering like squirrels about the rigging.
Stafford were squatting on the gangway, splicing rigging, and they put down their fids and stood up when Sarah came along.
You chaps never had a look at the cellar since Foon Koo finished rigging it.
As the two ships came within hailing distance the crews swarmed into the rigging and lined the bulwarks to shout ribald banter across the water.
While Hollin was working on rigging himself out, Maximus descended into the courtyard, shaking the ground as he landed.
Blessing had got herself into the furled rigging of the lateen sail and shinnied halfway up the mast, clinging to a rope.
The men who had oaded the dollies were busy rigging the straps to the rear dolly.
Not ten minutes after the swabber had removed all traces of the scene, Babbington was flying about the upper rigging in pursuit of Ricketts, with the clerk toiling with laborious, careful delight a great way behind.
It was easy to see that her sails had been renewed before she sailed from Holland, and all her sheets and rigging were spanking new.
Below him the ship was unnaturally quiet, not even a bell to mark the passage of the hours, only the soft song of the sails and the muted accompaniment of the rigging.
The Bajoran had spent the last hour rigging up an audio alarm on the seismograph so that it would awaken her if there was a sizable jump in the readings.
High Fistbut the sappers are rigging buildings along our retreat, dropping tons of brick and stone on the damned lizardsyour pardon, siron the Hunters.