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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rig \Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rigging.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap
     round, rig; cf. AS. wr[=i]han to cover.]
     1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or
        fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a
        purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle,
        capstan, etc.
  
     To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces,
        etc., to their respective masts and yards.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Rigging \Rig"ging\, n.
     Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc.,
     that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as
     purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of
     Ship and Sails.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Running rigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing
        the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as
        braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
  
     Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rig \Rig\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rigged; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Rigging.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap
     round, rig; cf. AS. wr[=i]han to cover.]
     1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
  
     2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or
        fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
  
              Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace.
                                                    --L'Estrange.
  
     To rig a purchase, to adapt apparatus so as to get a
        purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle,
        capstan, etc.
  
     To rig a ship (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces,
        etc., to their respective masts and yards.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Rigging \Rig"ging\, n.
     DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc.,
     that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as
     purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of
     Ship and Sails.
  
     Running rigging (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing
        the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as
        braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
  
     Standing rigging (Naut.), the shrouds and stays.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rig
       n 1: gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular
            enterprise
       2: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn: trailer
          truck, tractor trailer, trucking rig, articulated
          lorry, semi]
       3: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: rigging]
       4: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was
          exceedingly elegant" [syn: outfit, getup, turnout]
       5: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle, fishing
          tackle, fishing rig]
       6: a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses [syn:
           carriage, equipage]
       7: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book
          is a fraud" [syn: swindle, cheat]
       v 1: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election"
            [syn: set up]
       2: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: manipulate]
       3: connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
       4: equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: set, set
          up]
       [also: rigging, rigged]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rigging
       n 1: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and
            sails [syn: tackle]
       2: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: rig]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  rigging
       See rig

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     n.
     1 dress; tackle; especially (lb en nautical), the ropes, chains,
  etc., that support#Verb the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and
  serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
     2 Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film,
  theater, etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rig nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     n.
     1 dress; tackle; especially (lb en nautical), the ropes, chains,
  etc., that support#Verb the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and
  serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
     2 Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film,
  theater, etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rig nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     n.
     1 dress; tackle; especially (lb en nautical), the ropes, chains,
  etc., that support#Verb the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and
  serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
     2 Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film,
  theater, etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rig nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     n.
     1 dress; tackle; especially (lb en nautical), the ropes, chains,
  etc., that support#Verb the masts and spars of a sailing vessel, and
  serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc.
     2 Similar supporting material used for construction work, or in film,
  theater, etc.
     vb.
     (present participle of en rig nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     Englanti n.
     (yhteys merenkulku k=en) takilointi
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm r ig ging)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  rigging
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en rig ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb rig)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  التزوير

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  rigging //ˈɹɪɡɪŋ// 
  такелаж
  tackle of a sailing vessel

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/ 
  vybavení

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  výstroj

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  Ringgurtung 
           Note: Sattel
        "double Dee rigging"  - doppelte Ringgurtung

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  Verzurren 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  manipulierend, frisierend, fälschend
     Synonyms: manipulating, tampering with, doctoring, massaging, cooking, fudging, fiddling, rorting
  
   see: manipulate sth., tamper with sth., doctor sth., massage sth., rig, cook sth., fudge sth., fiddle, rort sth., manipulated, tampered with, doctored, massaged, rigged, cooked, fudged, fiddled, rorted, doctor documents, doctor photographs, cook the evidence, falsify the records, cook/fudge the books
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  takelnd
   see: rig, rigged
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  
  ξάρτια

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/ 
  1. जहाज़~की~रस्सी
        "Rigging of the ship broke due to friction."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  snast

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  1. árbocozat
  2. berendezés
  3. vitorlázat
  4. kötélzet

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  rigging /ˈrɪgɪŋ/ 
    otaklowanie

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  rigging /ɹˈɪɡɪŋ/
  1. geminin arması, donanım.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  224 Moby Thesaurus words for "rigging":
     accouterments, advocate, alpenstock, anchor chain, anchor rode,
     apparatus, apparel, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, arm,
     armament, artifice, athletic supporter, attire, back, backbone,
     backing, backropes, bandeau, bear raid, bearer, becket, block,
     boltrope, bow fast, bowline, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brail,
     brassiere, breast fast, bull raid, buntline, buttress, cabal, cane,
     carrier, cervix, clothing, collusion, complicity, complot,
     confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving,
     conveniences, cordage, cording, corner, corner in, corset,
     counterplot, covin, crook, crossjack brace, crutch, deadeye,
     deep-laid plot, downhaul, dress, duds, duffel, earing, engineering,
     equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fast, finagling,
     finesse, fittings, fixtures, flying jib martingale,
     flying jib stay, footropes, fore-skysail brace, fore-skysail lift,
     fore-topgallant shroud, fore-topgallant stay,
     fore-topmast backstay, fore-topsail lift, foreganger,
     foreroyal backstay, foreroyal lift, forerunner, forestay, foretack,
     foundation garment, frame-up, fulcrum, furnishings, furniture,
     game, gasket, gear, girdle, grab rope, guess-rope, guess-warp,
     guest rope, gunter, guy, guywire, halyard, harbor gasket, hawser,
     head fast, impedimenta, installations, intrigue, jock, jockstrap,
     kit, lanyard, lee sheet, lee tack, lifeline, lift, little game,
     machination, machinery, main brace, main-skysail brace,
     main-trysail vang, mainsheet, mainstay, maintainer, maneuvering,
     manipulation, martingale, mast, materiel, messenger, mizzen stay,
     mizzen-royal lift, mizzen-royal stay, mizzen-skysail brace,
     mizzen-skysail lift, mizzen-skysail stay, mizzen-topgallant lift,
     mizzen-topgallant stay, mizzen-topmast stay, mizzen-topsail lift,
     monopoly, munition, munitions, neck, outfit, outhaul, painter,
     paraphernalia, pennant hoist, plant, plot, plotting, plumbing,
     port tack, preventer backstay, prop, raid, raiment, ratline,
     reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rig,
     ropes, ropework, roping, running rigging, scheme, schemery,
     scheming, sea gasket, service, serving, sheet, shoulder, shroud,
     span, spanker peak halyard, spanker sheet, spine, spring, sprit,
     staff, standing rigging, starboard tack, stave, stay, stick,
     stiffener, stirrup, stock-in-trade, stratagem, strengthener,
     support, supporter, sustainer, tack, tackle, tackling, things,
     togs, trick, underplot, upholder, utensils, walking stick,
     wash sale, washing, weather sheet, web of intrigue, whipping,
     whisker jumper, wire-pulling
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 索具,绳索,装备;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 索具,绳索,装备

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