standing rigging

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noun Nautical.

rigging remaining permanently in position as a means of steadying various spars, shrouds, stays, etc. (contrasted with running rigging).

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Origin of standing rigging

First recorded in 1740–50

Words nearby standing rigging

standing joke, standing on one's head, stand in good stead, standing order, standing orders, standing rigging, standing room, standing wave, standish, stand mixer, standoff

How to use standing rigging in a sentence

Hmm, who are these people standing in front of the machines at the gym, neither occupying them nor not occupying them?
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However, legal issues are only one of the things standing between an ex-prisoner and a job.
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Yet another video catches the sounds of the gunshots and shows Brinsley standing by the parked radio car.
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He is a true advocate for human rights who has paid a horrible price for standing up against the Assad dictatorship.
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Not only is he wrong—but the true patriots are the ones standing up for pluralism in America.
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It is thinner than that of chronic bronchitis, and upon standing separates into three layers of pus, mucus, and frothy serum.
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She looked so sweet when she said it, standing and smiling there in the middle of the floor, the door-way making a frame for her.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
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He returned shortly, to meet his mother standing in the doorway, with pale, affrighted face.
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Ollie saw someone standing before it, bending slightly forward in the pose of expectation.
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British Dictionary definitions for standing rigging

standing rigging

noun

the stays, shrouds, and other more or less fixed, though adjustable, wires and ropes that support the masts of a sailing vesselCompare running rigging

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