riggings
- plural of rigging.
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
The pulleys and riggings of the mine at night, after the first snow.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2015
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
Thyon’s boyhood bed was shaped like a war brig, complete with real sails and riggings, and even miniature cannons, so heavy it took the strength of two maids to rock him to sleep.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
