Rigging
English
Noun
Rigging (plural Riggings)- (nautical) The system of ropes, chains, and tackle used to support and control the masts, sails, and yards of a ship
- Similar supporting material for construction work
Verb
rigging
- Present participle of rig.
Thesaurus
accouterments, advocate, alpenstock, anchor chain, anchor rode, apparatus, apparel, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, arm, armament, artifice, athletic supporter, attire, back, backbone, backing, backropes, bandeau, bear raid, bearer, becket, block, boltrope, bow fast, bowline, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brail, brassiere, breast fast, bull raid, buntline, buttress, cabal, cane, carrier, cervix, clothing, collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, conveniences, cordage, cording, corner, corner in, corset, counterplot, covin, crook, crossjack brace, crutch, deadeye, deep-laid plot, downhaul, dress, duds, duffel, earing, engineering, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fast, finagling, finesse, fittings, fixtures, flying jib martingale, flying jib stay, footropes, fore-skysail brace, fore-skysail lift, fore-topgallant shroud, fore-topgallant stay, fore-topmast backstay, fore-topsail lift, foreganger, foreroyal backstay, foreroyal lift, forerunner, forestay, foretack, foundation garment, frame-up, fulcrum, furnishings, furniture, game, gasket, gear, girdle, grab rope, guess-rope, guess-warp, guest rope, gunter, guy, guywire, halyard, harbor gasket, hawser, head fast, impedimenta, installations, intrigue, jock, jockstrap, kit, lanyard, lee sheet, lee tack, lifeline, lift, little game, machination, machinery, main brace, main-skysail brace, main-trysail vang, mainsheet, mainstay, maintainer, maneuvering, manipulation, martingale, mast, materiel, messenger, mizzen stay, mizzen-royal lift, mizzen-royal stay, mizzen-skysail brace, mizzen-skysail lift, mizzen-skysail stay, mizzen-topgallant lift, mizzen-topgallant stay, mizzen-topmast stay, mizzen-topsail lift, monopoly, munition, munitions, neck, outfit, outhaul, painter, paraphernalia, pennant hoist, plant, plot, plotting, plumbing, port tack, preventer backstay, prop, raid, raiment, ratline, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rig, ropes, ropework, roping, running rigging, scheme, schemery, scheming, sea gasket, service, serving, sheet, shoulder, shroud, span, spanker peak halyard, spanker sheet, spine, spring, sprit, staff, standing rigging, starboard tack, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, stirrup, stock-in-trade, stratagem, strengthener, support, supporter, sustainer, tack, tackle, tackling, things, togs, trick, underplot, upholder, utensils, walking stick, wash sale, washing, weather sheet, web of intrigue, whipping, whisker jumper, wire-pulling
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪɡɪŋ
