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jury-rig

[joo r-ee-rig]

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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), ju·ry-rigged, ju·ry-rig·ging.

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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Origin of jury-rig

First recorded in 1780–90

Can be confusedjerry-built jury-rigged

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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Historical Examples of jury-rig

She's helpless; we're not, for we've got a jury-rig under the bows.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea
Morgan Robertson