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rerig

rerig verb: to rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.

Verb

rerig (third-person singular simple present rerigs, present participle rerigging, simple past and past participle rerigged)

  1. (transitive) To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
    • The Edward A. Horton, the Gloucester schooner forced into Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and stripped of its sails, is part of Gloucester lore. Six New Englanders broke into a warehouse at night, took the impounded gear, rerigged the schooner, and slipped away on the flood tide.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 227

Forms of rerig

third-person singular presentrerigs
present participlererigging
past participlererigged
pastrerigged

Origin of rerig

From re- + rig.

Questions about rerig

What does rerig mean?
Rerig means to rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
What part of speech is rerig?
Rerig is a verb.
What is the past tense of rerig?
The past tense of rerig is rerigged.

Words near rerig in the dictionary

  1. rerevised
  2. rerevises
  3. rerevising
  4. rereward
  5. rerewards
  6. rerig
  7. rerigged
  8. rerigging
  9. reright
  10. rerighted
  11. rerighting

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