running rigging

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noun Nautical.

rigging for handling sails, yards, etc. (contrasted with standing rigging).

rigging for handling cargo.

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Origin of running rigging

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby running rigging

running myrtle, running on empty, running pine, running repairs, running rhythm, running rigging, running room, running start, running stitch, running story, running text

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How to use running rigging in a sentence

The running machines are a gloomy chorus of heavy-footed stomping.
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Several Republicans won primaries in 2014 by running as ideologically pure conservatives who wanted new leadership in the House.
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But the ads are not just intended to remind the Google-curious that Paul exists and is thinking about running for president.
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A running joke inside the tribe is that the group is like that club with a hundred people waiting outside to get in.
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There he gave orders for the car to be put into running condition for the following morning, and returned to the hotel.
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The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
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Father Gaspara was about to ask another question, when Ramona appeared in the doorway, flushed with running.
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After the Reserve Banks have been in operation long enough to be running smoothly, not a few branches will doubtless be organized.
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The fire along the three miles front is like the rumble of an express train running over fog signals.
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British Dictionary definitions for running rigging

running rigging

noun

nautical the wires and ropes used to control the operations of a sailing vesselCompare standing rigging

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