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lash-up

British  
/ ˈlæʃˌʌp /

noun

    1. Also called: hook-up.  a temporary connection of equipment for experimental or emergency use

    2. ( as modifier )

      lash-up equipment

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If a spontaneous lash-up could achieve such an outcome, the thinking went, an organised approach should do even better.

From Economist Sep. 1, 2016

The Navy will keep its big lash-up on Leyte Gulf.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a strange, new lash-up in foreign affairs, a combination of economizers who don't care much about foreign aid and others who, caring a lot, mistrust the whole Administration Far Eastern program.

From Time Magazine Archive

Its radar system included many "lash-up" sites, so called because the radar was literally lashed to the tops of telephone poles.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Rather a lash-up, what?" exclaimed Peter, as he noted the damage.

From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

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