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[ US /ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
  2. 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.
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