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rerigging

rerigging is the present participle and gerund of rerig.

Meaning of rerig

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

Questions about rerigging

What is rerigging the present participle and gerund of?
Rerigging is the present participle and gerund of rerig.

Words near rerigging in the dictionary

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

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