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running riggings

running riggings is the plural of running rigging.

Meaning of running rigging

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.

Questions about running riggings

What is running riggings the plural of?
Running riggings is the plural of running rigging.

Words near running riggings in the dictionary

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

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