lash-up

British  

/ ˈlæʃˌʌp /

noun

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

   2. ( as modifier )

      lash-up equipment

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Example Sentences

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

From Economist

To make matters worse, any repairs that do happen are usually a lash-up.

From Economist

If that can be done, the new method may take over from the existing lash-up by which pluripotent stem cells with the genomes of particular individuals are made using transcription factors.

From Economist

Well, as long as we were carrying Arthur along with us, we pretty much needed Vern, because he was the one who knew how to keep the lash-up going.

From Project Gutenberg