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RIGGING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
Synonyms:
rig; rigging
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rigging" is a kind of...):
formation (a particular spatial arrangement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rigging"):
Bermuda rig; Bermudan rig; Bermudian rig; Marconi rig (a rig of triangular sails for a yacht)
cat rig (rig of a catboat)
fore-and-aft rig (rig in which the principal sails are fore-and-aft)
lateen-rig (the rig on a lateen-rigged sailing vessel)
Derivation:
rig (equip with sails or masts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
Synonyms:
rigging; tackle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rigging" is a kind of...):
appurtenance; gear; paraphernalia (equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.)
Derivation:
rig (equip with sails or masts)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb rig
Context examples:
Having instructed Thomas Mugridge as to what he was to do, I clambered into the fore-rigging a few feet.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The wind smote the schooner with a sudden gust, and she heeled over till her lee rail was buried, the roar in her rigging rising in pitch to a shriek.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He crossed the deck, sprang into the fore rigging, and began to climb.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
You’ll get down out of that rigging, and damn lively about it! D’ye hear? Get down!
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
He was standing by the main rigging, a few feet away from me.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I sprang toward the rigging, to which I might have clung, and was met by the descending wall of water.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The wind shrieked a wild song through the rigging.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
To the top of the foremast, which was just lifted conveniently from the deck, I attached the rigging, stays and throat and peak halyards.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
“Walk over and examine those lanyards,” he said, pointing to where the mizzen-rigging should have been.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The shark, a sixteen-footer, was hoisted up against the main-rigging.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
