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
This left the three males of the party free to tackle the more arduous duties of the day; and we forthwith proceeded to unrig the boat and make her ready for hoisting.
From Overdue The Story of a Missing Ship by W. Herbert Holloway
A small rope serving to unrig the lower top-gallant yard-arm of its lift and brace, when in the act of sending it down on deck.
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 Sir Edward Belcher
But the sailing-wind came to nothing, and we were soon obliged to unrig and take to paddling.
From Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 by Fridtjof Nansen
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
A new word game, carefully unrigged, begins under the guidance of Comedian Jan Murray.
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
There our sick ships unrigged in summer lay, Like moulting fowl, a weak and easy prey, For whose strong bulk earth scarce could timber find, The ocean water, or the heavens wind.
From Andrew Marvell by John Morley
The Bristol was completely unrigged; her guns were dismounted and her top-masts shot away.
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
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
They were for ever employed in knotting and splicing, and in rigging and unrigging a model ship, which had been made on purpose to instruct them.
From The Three Midshipmen by Victor Prout
Notwithstanding the state of the ice, however, we did not remain idle on the 8th, all hands being employed in unrigging the Fury, and landing all her spars, sails, booms, boats, and other top-weight.
From Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage by Henry Morley
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