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Definitions for Rigging

[1] the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
[2] lifting or hauling tackle.
[3] Informal . clothing.
[4] Chiefly Nautical . to put in proper order for working or use. to fit (a ship, mast, etc.) with the necessary shrouds, stays, etc. to fit (shrouds, stays, sails, etc.) to the mast, yard, or the like.
[5] to furnish or provide with equipment, clothing, etc.; fit (usually followed by out or up ).
[6] to assemble, install, or prepare (often followed by up ).
[7] to manipulate fraudulently: to rig prices.
[8] the arrangement of the masts, spars, sails, etc., on a boat or ship.
[9] apparatus for some purpose; equipment; outfit; gear: a hi-fi rig; Bring your rod and reel and all the rest of your fishing rig.
[10] Also called drill rig. the equipment used in drilling an oil well.
[11] any combination trucking unit in which vehicles are hooked together, as a tractor-trailer.
[12] any kind of truck.
[13] a carriage, buckboard, sulky, or wagon together with the horse or horses that draw it.
[14] Informal . costume or dress, especially when odd or conspicuous, or when designated for a particular purpose: He looks quite nifty in a butler's rig.
[15] rig down , Nautical . to place in an inactive state, stowing all lines, tackles, and other removable parts.
[16] rig up , to equip or set up for use.
[17] the shrouds, stays, halyards, etc, of a vessel
[18] the bracing wires, struts, and lines of a biplane, balloon, etc
[19] any form of lifting gear, tackle, etc
[20] nautical to equip (a vessel, mast, etc) with (sails, rigging, etc)
[21] nautical to set up or prepare ready for use
[22] to put the components of (an aircraft, etc) into their correct positions
[23] to manipulate in a fraudulent manner, esp for profit to rig prices ; to rig an election
[24] nautical the distinctive arrangement of the sails, masts, and other spars of a vessel
[25] the installation used in drilling for and exploiting natural oil and gas deposits an oil rig In full: drilling rig
[26] apparatus or equipment; gear
[27] an amateur radio operator's transmitting and receiving set
[28] US and Canadian a carriage together with one or more horses
[29] mainly US and Canadian an articulated lorry
[30] Scot and Northern English dialect a ridge or raised strip of unploughed land in a ploughed field

Words related to Rigging

equipment, apparatus

Words nearby Rigging

rigatoni, rigaudon, rigel, rigel kentaurus, rigger, rigging, rigging loft, riggs' disease, right, right about, right about face

Origin of Rigging

1480–90; 1930–35 for def 4 ; probably < Scandinavian; compare Norwegian, Swedish rigg (noun), rigga (v.)

Other words from Rigging

out·rig , verb (used with object), out·rigged, out·rig·ging.
o·ver·rigged , adjective
un·der·rigged , adjective

Word origin for Rigging

a variant of ridge

Synonyms for Rigging

apparatus, equipment, implements