unrig
Americanverb (used with object)
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to strip of rigging, as a ship.
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to strip of equipment.
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Chiefly British Dialect. to undress.
verb
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(tr) to strip (a vessel) of standing and running rigging
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archaic to undress (someone or oneself)
Etymology
Origin of unrig
Example Sentences
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They must form a unified coalition of people of all races, genders, sexualities and classes, and band together to unrig the system.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 2, 2020
“So the question is, how do we unrig this system?” says Lawrence, who clearly doesn’t just play a superhero on the big screen.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
"We'll have to unrig the tent," he announced.
From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
Some climbed the masts to unrig her, others rushed into the hold to get out the cargo, and numbers hurried to the cabin to carry off the lighter articles which it contained.
From Old Jack by Kingston, William Henry Giles
To dismantle a ship of her standing and running rigging.—To unrig the capstan is to take out the bars.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
President Arturo Illia, a sometime physician, held an unrigged vote in the steaming, depressed northern province of Jujuy and was all but wiped off the slate.
From Time Magazine Archive
Get live baits, such as pilchards, herring or goggle-eyes before heading offshore, and keep a few fresh, unrigged ballyhoo in the cooler.
From Time Magazine Archive
A new word game, carefully unrigged, begins under the guidance of Comedian Jan Murray.
From Time Magazine Archive
For this purpose I unrigged the air-pump apparatus, and almost, but not quite, closed the valve, leaving an aperture about the twentieth part of an inch in diameter.
From Across the Zodiac by Greg, Percy
The state of a ship unrigged, and all her stores, guns, &c., taken out, in readiness for her being laid up in ordinary, or going into dock, &c. &c.
From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir
Emily Bazelon: You talk about breaking up corporate power as a way of unrigging the economy, making people feel a sense of ownership.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2026
Nor are taxes the only instrument available for unrigging markets to make them more competitive and equitable.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 16, 2019
“I’m obsessed with this idea — not just of unrigging it but actually fixing it.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 27, 2019
The crew of the Diligente were turned over to a hulk, preparatory to unrigging and clearing her out for dock.
From Percival Keene by Marryat, Frederick
Cargo is stowed and completed; the stevedores are unrigging their gear when we reach the ship.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
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