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running rigging

running rigging noun: the ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.

Noun

running rigging (countable and uncountable, plural running riggings)

  1. The ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.

Forms of running rigging

pluralrunning riggings

Words that rhyme with running rigging

Questions about running rigging

What does running rigging mean?
Running rigging means the ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
What part of speech is running rigging?
Running rigging is a noun.
What is the plural of running rigging?
The plural of running rigging is running riggings.

Words near running rigging in the dictionary

  1. running rail
  2. running rails
  3. running rampant
  4. running rein
  5. running reins
  6. running rigging
  7. running riggings
  8. running rings around
  9. running riot
  10. running room
  11. running roughshod over

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