Rigging

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  • noun. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • 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. of ship and sails.
  • noun. all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
  • noun. the shrouds and stays.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The system of ropes, chains, and tackle used to support and control the masts, sails, and yards of a ship
  • noun. Similar supporting material for construction work
  • verb. Present participle of rig.
    • 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
    • Word Usage
    "I have collected them and will begin rigging a trap for Dr. Alfieri and his colleagues."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    appurtenance  gear  paraphernalia  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    digging  gigging  reneging  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accouterments  advocate  alpenstock  anchor chain  anchor rode  
    variant
    sails  ship  
    verb-stem
    rig  
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