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gunter rig

gunter rig noun: a rigging configuration consiting of a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast, in such a way that the yard can slide up and down the lower mast.

Noun

gunter rig (plural gunter rigs)

  1. a rigging configuration consiting of a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast, in such a way that the yard can slide up and down the lower mast.

Forms of gunter rig

pluralgunter rigs

Questions about gunter rig

What does gunter rig mean?
Gunter rig means a rigging configuration consiting of a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast, in such a way that the yard can slide up and down the lower mast.
What part of speech is gunter rig?
Gunter rig is a noun.
What is the plural of gunter rig?
The plural of gunter rig is gunter rigs.

Words near gunter rig in the dictionary

  1. guntard
  2. guntards
  3. guntas
  4. Guntawang
  5. gunter
  6. gunter rig
  7. gunter rigs
  8. Gunter's Chain
  9. Gunter's Chains
  10. Gunter's line
  11. Gunter's lines

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