rigging

Multiple Entries:
  rigging    rig  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rigging/ˈrɪɡɪŋ/

▶noun

• 1 the system of ropes or chains supporting a ship's masts and controlling or setting the yards and sails.

• 2 the ropes and wires supporting the structure of an airship, biplane, hang-glider, or parachute.

  ■ the cables and fittings controlling the flight surfaces and engines of an aircraft.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rig1

▶verb (rigs, rigging, rigged)

• 1 provide (a boat) with sails and rigging.

  ■ assemble and adjust (the equipment of a sailing boat, aircraft, etc.) in readiness for operation.

  ■ (often rig something up) set up (a device or structure), typically in a makeshift way.

• 2 (often rig someone out) provide with clothes of a particular type.

▶noun

• 1 the arrangement of a boat's sails and rigging.

  ■ the sail, mast, and boom of a windsurfer.

• 2 an apparatus or device for a particular purpose.

  ■ an oil rig or drilling rig.

  ■ (in CB and short-wave radio) a transmitter and receiver.

  ■ a type of construction for fishing tackle that bears the bait and hook.

• 3 a person's costume or outfit.

• 4 chiefly N. Amer. & Austral./NZ a truck.

– phrases
full rig informal smart or ceremonial clothes.

– derivatives
-rigged adjective.

– origin C15: perh. of Scand. origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
rig2

▶verb (rigs, rigging, rigged) manage or conduct (something) fraudulently so as to gain an advantage. ▶noun archaic a trick or swindle.

– origin C18 (as n.): of unknown origin.