rigging
noun
the ropes, chains, etc., employed to support and work the masts, yards, sails, etc., on a ship.
riggings
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pluralof rigging.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Instead, firefighters responded to the scene with ropes and riggings and rappelled down to the man’s location.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
After boarding their ships, the players unfurled sails, turned rudders, and climbed riggings to move between a series of tropical islands, climbing ashore to explore the new locations.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2016
Back home, he fed his semi-abstracting campaign with motifs from summer sojourns in Gloucester, Massachusetts: signs, boat riggings, gas pumps.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 13, 2016
Robert Brill’s clean, sturdy sets included towering masts, spidery riggings and, in one scene, a brilliantly realized whale-rendering works.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2010
Imagine that by some miracle of dread or reverence they lowered their spyglasses, turned, set their riggings, sailed on.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
