rigging

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ

Noun

rigging (plural riggings)

Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
Similar supporting material for construction work

Hyponyms

(tackle of a sailing vessel): running rigging, standing rigging

Meronyms

(tackle of a sailing vessel): See Thesaurus:rigging

Derived terms

election-rigging

Translations

tackle of a sailing vessel

Catalan: eixàrcia (ca) f, cordam (ca) m
Czech: takeláž f
Dutch: takelage (nl) f
French: gréement (fr) m
German: Takelage (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἄρμενα n pl (ármena)
Hebrew: מַעֲטֶה‎ (he) m (ma'até)
Irish: rigín m

Italian: cordame m, sartiame (it) m
Maori: rikini
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rigging m or f
Portuguese: cordame (pt) m
Romanian: tachelaj (ro) n
Russian: такела́ж (ru) m (takeláž), осна́стка (ru) f (osnástka)
Spanish: jarcia (es) f

Verb

rigging

present participle of rig

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