different between rigging vs lorcha

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??????/
• Rhymes: -????

Etymology 1

From Middle English riggyng, ryggyng, riggynge, equivalent to rig +? -ing.

Noun

rigging (countable and uncountable, plural riggings)

1. Dress; tackle; especially (nautical), the ropes, chains, etc., that support 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.

Hyponyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): running rigging, standing rigging

Meronyms

• (tackle of a sailing vessel): See Thesaurus:rigging

Derived terms

• election-rigging

Translations

Etymology 2

From rig +? -ing.

Verb

rigging

1. present participle of rig

English

Etymology

From Portuguese lorcha, of unclear origin; see the Portuguese entry for more.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?l????/, /?l??t??/
• (UK) /?l??t??/

Noun

lorcha (plural lorchas)

1. (nautical) A kind of light vessel used on the coast of China, having the hull built on a European model, and the rigging like that of a Chinese junk.
   • 1901, Charles S. Leavenworth, The Arrow War with China

     At the same time, the fact must not be lost sight of, that the primary cause of the war was the affair on the lorcha "Arrow."

References

Anagrams

• choral, orchal

Portuguese

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. An early use is in Fernão Mendes Pinto's 1614 Peregrinação. Possibly a corruption of Chinese ?? (lóngchuán) (in Cantonese: /l??²¹ ?y?n²¹/), although the phonological and semantic differences are significant. Alternatively, perhaps related in some way to lancha.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?l?r.??/
• Hyphenation: lor?cha

Noun

lorcha f (plural lorchas)

1. (nautical) lorcha

References