rigging

rigging

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ

Noun

rigging (plural riggings)

1. 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.
2. 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

1. present participle of rig