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jury-rig
[ joor-ee-rig ]
noun
- Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.
- any makeshift arrangement of machinery or the like.
verb (used with object)
- to assemble quickly or from whatever is at hand, especially for temporary use:
to jury-rig stage lights using automobile headlights.
- Nautical. to replace (a rudder, mast, etc.) with a jury-rig:
We jury-rigged a fore-topmast after the storm had snapped ours off.
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Example Sentences
And a little spell ago you was tellin' me you'd never be able to cruise again except under jury rig.
If Mrs Vansittart would supply him with a crew, he believed he could fit the craft with a jury rig and take her into port.
I got up my jury rig—the oar and the spray shield—and took the helm.
She's helpless; we're not, for we've got a jury-rig under the bows.
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