1
a
: lines and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars
b
: a similar network (as in theater scenery) used for support and manipulation
2
: clothing
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Examples of rigging in a Sentence
They checked the rigging before they set sail.
even at the Ivies they dress in the standard rigging of the college student: T-shirt and jeans
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Listen to this article The Carroll County Board of Education unanimously approved 14 bid contracts earlier this month that will pay for track refurbishment at Winters Mills High School, repairs to stages, rigging and curtains at each of the county’s seven high schools, and other items.
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
Subsequent administrations used them to deal with other corruption cases including bribery and bid rigging at the U.S. Post Office in the 1880s, and the Teapot Dome oil scandal of the 1920s.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Among the artifacts found: stoneware jugs, the anchor, wire rope rigging, ship’s bell (now green with age) and a windlass, used to move heavy weight aboard a ship.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2024
Independent reviews found no evidence of widespread voter fraud or election rigging.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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Thomas Goodwin Smith, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2024
Subsequent administrations used them to deal with other corruption cases including bribery and bid rigging at the U.S. Post Office in the 1880s, and the Teapot Dome oil scandal of the 1920s.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
Among the artifacts found: stoneware jugs, the anchor, wire rope rigging, ship’s bell (now green with age) and a windlass, used to move heavy weight aboard a ship.
—Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 June 2024
Independent reviews found no evidence of widespread voter fraud or election rigging.
—Tim Balk, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
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“Rigging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rigging. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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rigging
noun
rig·ging
ˈrig-iŋ 
-ən
1
: the ropes and chains used aboard a ship especially in working sail and supporting masts and spars
2
: equipment for supporting and working something (as theater scenery)
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