different between rigging vs unrig

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

un- +? rig

Verb

unrig (third-person singular simple present unrigs, present participle unrigging, simple past and past participle unrigged)

1. (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
   • 1957, Neville Shute, On the Beach, New York: William Morrow & Co., Chapter 3,^[4]

     [...] in bathing costumes they unrigged the boat, put away the sails, and got her up to her resting place upon the dry sand of the beach.

2. (transitive) To disable.
3. (obsolete, slang) To undress (someone).

References

Anagrams

• Irgun, rugin, ruing, uring