'Rigging' definitions:
Definition of 'rigging'
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Definition of 'Rigging'
From: GCIDE
- 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[imac]han to cover.]
- 1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out. [1913 Webster]
- Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Rigging'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rigging'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accouterments,
- advocate,
- alpenstock,
- anchor chain,
- anchor rode,
- apparatus,
- apparel,
- appliances,
- appointments,
- appurtenances,
- arm,
- armament,
- artifice,
- athletic supporter,
- attire,
- back,
- backbone,
- backing,
- backropes,
- bandeau,
- bear raid,
- bearer,
- becket,
- block,
- boltrope,
- bow fast,
- bowline,
- bra,
- brace,
- bracer,
- bracket,
- brail,
- brassiere,
- breast fast,
- bull raid,
- buntline,
- buttress,
- cabal,
- cane,
- carrier,
- cervix,
- clothing,
- collusion,
- complicity,
- complot,
- confederacy,
- connivance,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- conveniences,
- cordage,
- cording,
- corner,
- corner in,
- corset,
- counterplot,
- covin,
- crook,
- crossjack brace,
- crutch,
- deadeye,
- deep-laid plot,
- downhaul,
- dress,
- duds,
- duffel,
- earing,
- engineering,
- equipage,
- equipment,
- facilities,
- facility,
- fast,
- finagling,
- finesse,
- fittings,
- fixtures,
- flying jib martingale,
- flying jib stay,
- footropes,
- fore-skysail brace,
- fore-skysail lift,
- fore-topgallant shroud,
- fore-topgallant stay,
- fore-topmast backstay,
- fore-topsail lift,
- foreganger,
- foreroyal backstay,
- foreroyal lift,
- forerunner,
- forestay,
- foretack,
- foundation garment,
- frame-up,
- fulcrum,
- furnishings,
- furniture,
- game,
- gasket,
- gear,
- girdle,
- grab rope,
- guess-rope,
- guess-warp,
- guest rope,
- gunter,
- guy,
- guywire,
- halyard,
- harbor gasket,
- hawser,
- head fast,
- impedimenta,
- installations,
- intrigue,
- jock,
- jockstrap,
- kit,
- lanyard,
- lee sheet,
- lee tack,
- lifeline,
- lift,
- little game,
- machination,
- machinery,
- main brace,
- main-skysail brace,
- main-trysail vang,
- mainsheet,
- mainstay,
- maintainer,
- maneuvering,
- manipulation,
- martingale,
- mast,
- materiel,
- messenger,
- mizzen stay,
- mizzen-royal lift,
- mizzen-royal stay,
- mizzen-skysail brace,
- mizzen-skysail lift,
- mizzen-skysail stay,
- mizzen-topgallant lift,
- mizzen-topgallant stay,
- mizzen-topmast stay,
- mizzen-topsail lift,
- monopoly,
- munition,
- munitions,
- neck,
- outfit,
- outhaul,
- painter,
- paraphernalia,
- pennant hoist,
- plant,
- plot,
- plotting,
- plumbing,
- port tack,
- preventer backstay,
- prop,
- raid,
- raiment,
- ratline,
- reinforce,
- reinforcement,
- reinforcer,
- rest,
- resting place,
- rig,
- ropes,
- ropework,
- roping,
- running rigging,
- scheme,
- schemery,
- scheming,
- sea gasket,
- service,
- serving,
- sheet,
- shoulder,
- shroud,
- span,
- spanker peak halyard,
- spanker sheet,
- spine,
- spring,
- sprit,
- staff,
- standing rigging,
- starboard tack,
- stave,
- stay,
- stick,
- stiffener,
- stirrup,
- stock-in-trade,
- stratagem,
- strengthener,
- support,
- supporter,
- sustainer,
- tack,
- tackle,
- tackling,
- things,
- togs,
- trick,
- underplot,
- upholder,
- utensils,
- walking stick,
- wash sale,
- washing,
- weather sheet,
- web of intrigue,
- whipping,
- whisker jumper,
- wire-pulling
Words containing 'Rigging'
- Rig,
- Rigged,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- rigged out,
- Gunter rig,
- Running rigging,
- Standing rigging,
- To rig a purchase,
- To rig a ship,
- To rig the capstan,
- To rig the market,
- To run a rig,
- To set up the rigging,
- bermuda rig,
- bermudan rig,
- bermudian rig,
- cat rig,
- drill rig,
- drilling rig,
- fishing rig,
- hay rig,
- hay rigging,
- jury rig,
- jury rigged,
- marconi rig,
- offshore rig,
- oil rig,
- rusty rig,
- trucking rig,
- Cat-rigged,
- Jury-rig,
- Rig-Veda,
- Ship-rigged,
- Square-rigged,
- Winter-rig,
- Yawl-rigged,
- jury-rigged,
- lateen-rig,
- lateen-rigged,
- Fore-and-aft rigged,
- fore-and-aft rig