[
US
/ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/
]
[ UK /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
- formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
- gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
How To Use rigging In A Sentence
- These frigging Congresspeople better wake up and see the sun before it's too late! GOP is 'no friend of seniors' DNC says in TV ad
- The poll was widely discredited after allegations of ballot rigging.
- Urban Dictionary definition of "frigging" happened to me today, except it was a work colleague and not Mum. GrodsCorp
- Thomas was showing her how to mend sails and splice rigging.
- Until the carabiner pulled tight on the rigging, it seemed from the helicopter that he'd gone over in a suicide dive. MINUTES TO BURN
- I had shown the old-fashioned deadeyes instead of rigging screws and had drawn the wrong kind of gooseneck attaching the boom to the mast. Cumberland, Part 3: Acting It Out
- The Safety Board concluded that the incorrect rigging wasn't a significant factor on the preceding flights because weight and balance on those flights were well within limits.
- The party boycotted the election in protest at alleged vote rigging.
- We decided that even if all the slack in the rigging had been removed, the 45m rope would still have been well short.
- A mariner emerges from the hatchway and climbs the rigging, while below the boatswain and ship's master are thrown about on deck.