running rigging

noun

, Nautical.

1. rigging for handling sails, yards, etc. ( standing rigging ).
2. rigging for handling cargo.

running rigging

noun

1. nautical the wires and ropes used to control the operations of a sailing vessel Compare standing rigging

Word History and Origins

Origin of running rigging¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

Hands were sent aloft to fish the foreyard, and to knot and splice the most important parts of the running rigging.

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They also cut the standing and running rigging, which would effectually prevent her from making sail for a long time to come.

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The standing and running rigging was in the most perfect order, and the sails white as snow.

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When short-handed this is very trying, as double the strength is required to make the running rigging work.

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Then we set it up as best we might with the running rigging, and so had a mightily unhandy three-cornered sail of doubled canvas.

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