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gunter rigs

gunter rigs is the plural of gunter rig.

Meaning of gunter rig

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.

Questions about gunter rigs

What is gunter rigs the plural of?
Gunter rigs is the plural of gunter rig.

Words near gunter rigs in the dictionary

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

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