riggingn.1
/ˈrɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/, Scottish English /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/, /ˈrɪɡɪn/, Irish English /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/ Now Scottish, English regional (chiefly northern), and Irish English.
1. † a. The action of providing a building with a roof ridge, or of building this ridge. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > [noun] > roofing > ridging
rigging1378
ridging1458
1378–9 in Collectanea Topographica & Genealogica (1834) I. 72 (MED) Item, j mulier facienda et portanda morter pro le rigging del Bire, iiij d.
1399–1400 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 130 In s[alario] j hominis temporantis lutum pro ryggyng pro prædicta domo, 4 d.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 433 Ryggynge of howsys, porcacio.
1545–6 in Fenland Notes & Queries (1898–1900) 4 313 Ffirst Rygyng and thakyng..xijd.
1594 in W. M. Metcalfe Charters & Documents Burgh of Paisley (1902) 154 Riging turves..applyit to sundrie others necessars nor for riging of their houssis.
1654 in Sc. Notes & Queries 1 174 4 disone of shirats for riging of the said hous.
b. A material used to construct a roof or roof ridge. Frequently in plural. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in north-eastern Scotland and Perthshire in 1968.
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society > occupation and work > materials > types of material generally > [noun] > building-material > for roofs
rigging1379
roofingc1450
divotc1540
roofage1844
1379–80 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 102 (MED) In coopertura et tractacione dicti straminis cum eodem ryggand, 4 d.
1562–3 Edinb. Old Acc. II. 174 The rigginis of the queir.
1607–8 in Glasg. Univ. Mun. III. 560 Sax futt of riging to the kirk.
c1690 Acct. Bk. J. Allan in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Thak For thaak & herding casting of deafets and rigings.
1756 I. Fletcher Diary 4 Dec. (1994) 20 With John Usher about laying on the riggings on the byer &c.
1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage to Land of Burns 111 It's no sae lang syne that there war a gay twa three o' the auld kipples, an' ither kin' o' louse riggin' lying in her guts.
c. The uppermost part of a roof; the horizontal edge or line in which the two sloping sides of a roof meet; a roof ridge. Also more generally: the roof of a building. Also figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > [noun] > ridge
ridgeOE
rig1327
ridging1458
rigging1503
fust1679
fastigium1706
ridgeline1730
roof ridge1771
1503 in R. Renwick Extracts Rec. Royal Burgh of Lanark (1893) 13 For devattis to the reggyn and stobis.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. iii. 48 The hicht and hedis of the towris, The wallis all and howsis ryggyngis.
1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. x. 176 Seand þe stanis and sclatis cassin be þe wemen & servandis of þe riggingis of þe housis.
1603 in G. Donaldson Court Bk. Shetland (1954) 87 Casting doun diffatis and steanis afe the riging of the house.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 63 On the toppe of all hee layeth noe thatch but onely loose strawe which hee calleth the rigginge.
1724 A. Ramsay This is no my ain House i This is no my ain house, I ken by the rigging o't.
1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 103 I sat..And heard the restless rattons squeak About the riggin.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. vii. 148 Though my master be a stranger, and no just that tight in the upper rigging.
1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 155 Oor wa's are only ae brick thick, Rent frae the riggin' doon.
1894 S. R. Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 277 Up to the rigging of the house he went and then along it.
1904 Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archæol. Soc. 4 263 These notched slates..locked into one another along the ridge of the roof; their use being to close the rigging without a cap of freestone or pottery.
1969 G. M. Brown Orkney Tapestry 130 Fae the steethe-stane tae the rigging.
1990 L. Todd Words Apart 137 The lightnin hit the riggin.
d. Chiefly Scottish. to ride on the rigging (of): to be preoccupied, overzealous, or overly officious (with respect to). Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in Fife in 1955.
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the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] > be officious or exceed one's duties
to go above or beyond one's latchet1580
to ride on the rigging (of)1683
1683 G. Meriton York-shire Dialogue in Pure Nat. Dial. 9 He can Leov the House weel that has Tibb in, And nut be allwayes Riding 'oth Riggin.
1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 37 A Man may love the Kirk well enough, and not ride on the riggen of it.
1824 J. Hogg Private Mem. Justified Sinner 6 Allowing that it [sc. religious devotion] is ever so beautiful, and ever so beneficial, were we to ride on the rigging of it at all times, would we not be constantly making a farce of it.
1858 J. Wilson Hawick & its Old Memories 127 That individual, having been deemed to be riding on the rigging of his commission in exacting excessive custom, justified himself by abusing the bailies.
1875 G. MacDonald Malcolm I. xv An ill-conditioned, snarling fellow, who ‘rade on the riggin o's authority’.
1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood xi. 181 A man may like the kirk weel eneuch, and no be aye ridin' on the riggin' o't.
2. Chiefly Scottish. The back or spine of a person or animal. Also figurative.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > back > [noun]
ridgeeOE
backc1000
rigc1300
chinec1475
rigginga1522
posteriority?1533
rigback1591
backward1636
a1522 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xiii. Prol. l. 148 Syne to me wyth hys club he maid a braid, And twenty rowtis apon my riggyng laid.
c1600 A. Montgomerie Poems (2000) I. 57 The rok,..With watring wauis and huge Quhilk ramping ouer his rigging ryds.
1689 Memorable Battle Killy Crankie (single sheet) The Butter-box got many Knocks, The Riggans pay'd for a' then.
1721 A. Ramsay Lucky Spence ix Wild hangy's tawz ye'er riggings saft Makes black and blae.
1814 R. Henderson Treat. Breeding Swine in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1115 The colt..scampered off sneering, with his tail on his ‘riggin’.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words 577 He sticks up his riggin like a puzzon'd rattan.
1898 E. W. Hamilton Mawkin of Flow x It would maybe be more to my liking to bonnilie reesle the limmer's riggin with a stirrup leather.
1963 J. C. Milne Poems 84 Wi' a lick on the lug Or a dunt on the riggin.
3. Chiefly Scottish. The highest point of anything; esp. the crest or summit of a hill or ridge of elevated ground. Sc. National Dict. records this sense as still in use in various parts of Scotland in 1968.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > ridge > [noun] > crest of
comba1325
edgec1400
rigging1541
ridge crest1848
ridgetop1849
chine1855
arête1862
back1863
crest-line1890
1541 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1540/12/103 As thai ly towart þe north to the heid of the bank riggin.
1574 in J. Anderson Cal. Laing Charters (1899) 225 Thaireftir plat north the riggen of the nethir quhyt hill.
1652 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Glasgow (1881) II. 236 That all wha ar in building..lay the staines togither.., and to hald them aff the riging of the casey twa ellis on both sydes.
1715 in J. Wilson Ann. Hawick (1850) 128 To help and mend the channels and caissays from their respective fore doors, upon each side of the street, to the tope or rigging of the cassey.
1888 S. O. Addy Gloss. Words Sheffield 190 Rig or Riggin, the ridge of a house; also the top of a hill.
1903 C. Johnson Land of Heather vii. 144 I climbed up Mr. Fearn's butt of moor and over the rocky riggin (ridge) of the hill to a wide marsh.
1959 3rd Statist. Acct. Scotl. 84 The most prominent anticline is that known as the ‘riggin’; this name is now applied to the whole of the upfold extending east and west through Barr Hill.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
riggingn.2
/ˈrɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/ 1.
a. Nautical. The action of preparing a ship or boat for going to sea, esp. by fitting the necessary ropes, chains, and wires.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > fitting out or equipping ships > rigging a ship
rigging1399
1399–1401 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1982) III. 84 Vad' mar' existenc' circa le Riggyng. Et in vadiis xxx marinariorum quolibet ad iij d. per diem existenc' in dicta Nau'..vocata la Trinitee pro Riggyng eiusdem causa viag'.
1420 Foreign Accts. 3 Henry VI (Public Rec. Office) F/2 Salua custodia et riggynge eiusdem Balinger'.
1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 16 Expenses & labor xiiij daies in rigging of the Kyngs said Ship.
c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xlixv/2 He was of councell of beyng of the sayde ship and of vitayling & rigging of her to the see.
1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie i. ii His Lieuetenant had giuen order for the ful rigging of his gallies.
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia vi. 209 The building and rigging of ships of any proportion.
1689 S. Blackerby Hist. Acct. Penal Laws vii. 69 This great Armada, which had been three Years in Rigging and Preparing, with infinite Expence, was within a Months space, four times fought with.
1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture I. 91/1 The right construction and rigging of the Vessels.
1803 Naval Chron. 9 243 The rigging of the Plantagenet..goes on briskly.
1860 J. P. Hall Guide to Three Services (ed. 2) iv. 166 The candidate..will be..appointed to a Training Ship..for..instruction in the Rigging of Ships, Seamanship, the use of Nautical Instruments, &c.
1918 E. E. O'Donnell Merchant Marine Man. 28 Most of the work connected with the rigging of a vessel is performed by a special class of men styled riggers.
1973 P. O'Brian HMS Surprise v. 94 Rattray had never been much of a bosun from the point of view of discipline and..now he was past his prime in the article of rigging too.
1992 In-Fisherman Feb. 127/1 Poor rigging is one of many ways to underpower a boat.
b. Aeronautics. The action of preparing the supporting cables or wires of a balloon or biplane; the action of fitting such wires. Also: the adjustment of the control surfaces of an aircraft.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > construction and servicing aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > assembling or adjusting parts
rigginga1855
a1855 C. B. Mansfield Aerial Navigation (1877) ii. viii. 314 The arrangement for changing the inclination of the gas-vessel can scarcely be contrived, except with the very simplest rigging of the sling-ropes.
1920 G. C. Bailey Compl. Airman xxii. 173 Rigging is the art of erecting the machine and so adjusting the various surfaces, controls, etc., that it is in a fit condition for flying.
1937 Discovery Sept. 293/1 A very elementary account of the rigging and truing-up of an aircraft.
1977 D. Beaty Excellency i. 7 The weekends he'd spent..servicing Cirrus engines and checking the rigging of Austers in return for free flying lessons.
1992 F. K. Mason Brit. Fighter since 1912 123/2 ‘N’-type interplane struts were employed to simplify rigging of the wings.
2003 R. D. Kimberlin Flight Testing of Fixed-wing Aircraft xxxiv. 388 For airplanes with control rigging tolerances greater than ±1 deg the tolerances should be set to nominal.
2.
a. Nautical. The ropes, chains, wires, and associated fittings used to support and operate a vessel's masts, sails, derricks, booms, etc. Also figurative.Rigging is divided into the adjustable rigging used to operate the sails and other equipment (see running rigging n. at running adj. Compounds 3b), and the fixed rigging used to support the masts (see standing rigging n. at standing adj. and n.2 Compounds 2).fore-, futtock-, main-, mizzen-, wire rigging, etc.: see the first element.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun]
tacklea1300
tacklingc1422
cordaille1484
riga1572
rigging1594
cordage1598
riggage1627
reeking1640
gear1669
1594 C. Marlowe & T. Nashe Dido v. i I want both rigging for my fleet, And also furniture for these my men.
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 3 All the Cordage..and saile-cloth, and rigging of the shippe.
1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada Prol. to Pt. II That done, [he] bears up to th' prize, and views each Limb, To know her by her Rigging and her Trimm.
1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. iv. viii. 36 The two Armadilla Ships which we took in the Engagement we burnt also, saving no other thing of them both, but their Rigging and Sails.
1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xiii. 358 They were not able to give them farther chase, till their sailes and rigging could be repaired.
1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 23 The flying rigging all aloft belay'd.
1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 136 A shed for the reception of the rigging, equipments, and stores of the schooner.
1869 C. Gibbon Robin Gray vii The wind was whistling shrilly through the rigging.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 11/2 Let them wear as many or as few petticoats as they please,..but..let them do it in private... We do not want to know how their lower rigging is placed and set up.
1924 A. D. H. Smith Porto Bello Gold x. 136 Her rigging was slack and spliced in a fashion which seemed lubberly to me.
1965 E. A. Pearson Lure of Sailing i. 16 Sailboats strain more at anchor than power-boats because they have more rigging aloft.
2006 Reader's Digest Apr. 76 The day after Hurricane Katrina,..all along the waterway shrimp boats lay tossed on to dry land, masts and rigging tangled in tree branches.
b. Aeronautics. The wires or cables used to support the structure of a balloon and distribute the load over its surface; the cables supporting the wings of a biplane.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > wires for structural support
rigging1843
1834 Court Mag. 5 264/1 The balloon is contained within an immense reticulated work... Upon the net are placed rope-ladders like the rigging of ordinary vessels.]
1843 Mechanics' Mag. 8 Apr. 276/1 The direct resistance of the car, masts, and rigging, in the construction of aerial vehicles, will..probably put a limit to their velocity not much exceeding 24 to 30 miles per hour.
1900 J. M. Bacon By Land & Sky i. 12 The balloon on rising fouled a big elm, and for a moment remained caught high up among the boughs. Then it tore off a large branch entangled in the rigging.
1979 Pop. Mech. June 88/3 Between the wings were four 400-hp Liberty engines..accessible in flight through hull hatches and ladders in the airplane's rigging.
1994 New Scientist 22 Oct. 38/2 As the sun goes down over Palestine, a giant white balloon is straining at its rigging.
c. Originally and chiefly North American. In logging: the system of cables, hooks, chains, etc., used in hauling logs. Frequently with modifying word specifying the arrangement used.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs
flume1784
log-rollinga1792
drive1835
river-driving1843
river drive1845
sluice-way1851
sacking1860
timber drivea1861
skidding1877
log-running1878
skid road1880
rigging1897
swamping1902
log-drivea1904
high lead1905
high-lining1919
1897 Rep. Supreme Court Washington 15 655 By the terms of the contract the plaintiff was to furnish horses and ‘rigging’ necessary for the carrying on of the logging of a certain tract of land.
1925 A. Philip Crimson West 144 Preparing the spar-tree for ‘high-lead’ or ‘sky-line’ rigging, is the most spectacular and thrilling performance in the logging industry.
1942 R. L. Haig-Brown Timber xxiv. 373 He saw the break below the buckle guys, so slow that tree and rigging seemed as though they would hang there for ever.
1953 Malayan Forester July 147 High lead rigging was basically the same in every place we visited; namely, a spar tree with a main line hung through a glock as high up the tree as possible to give maximum lift.
2006 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 10 Mar. h1 Hook tenders are often required to carry a haul-back block over rough terrain when setting rigging on a logging operation.
d. Parachuting. More fully rigging lines. The ropes and wires which join the parachute canopy to the harness.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > harness or web
rigging1921
riser1927
shroud line1929
lift-web1942
shroud1942
harness1951
1921 A. Tucker Airplanes, Airships, Aircraft Engines 23 Concentration ring,..a hoop to which the rigging of the parachute is attached.
1935 C. G. Burge Encycl. Aviation 489 Rigging Lines, the cords which transmit the load from the harness (or life lines) to the body of the parachute.
1952 Chambers's Jrnl. May 262/2 A bad exit can cause the rigging-lines to tangle and prevent the 'chute from opening.
1972 Daily Tel. 16 May 3 The Prince of Wales was turned upside down when his feet caught in the rigging lines of his parachute as he hurtled seawards from 1,200ft during his controversial jump from an RAF plane.
1999 G. Cox Dict. Sport xi. 343/2 Sleeve, the long wind sock-like container held in the pack where the canopy for the chute and the rigging lines are held.
3. An item of clothing; (more usually) clothing, dress. Also in plural and with out.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > [noun]
clothesc888
hattersOE
shroudc1000
weedOE
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atourc1220
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emparelc1475
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revesture1548
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furniture1566
investuring1566
apparelling1567
dud1567
hilback1573
wear1576
dress1586
enfolding1586
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thing1605
vestry1606
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wearing apparel1617
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vestiment1637
equipage1645
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back-timbera1656
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plumage1707
bussingc1712
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paraphernalia1736
togs1779
body clothing1802
slough1808
toggery1812
traps1813
garniture1827
body-clothes1828
garmenture1832
costume1838
fig1839
outfit1840
vestiture1841
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outward man1846
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drag1870
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clobber1879
threads1926
mocker1939
schmatte1959
vine1959
kit1989
1664 J. Wilson Cheats i. i I ha'n't seen her since my last mischance; I must ev'n to her for new riggings.
1691 Satyr against French 6 So many sorts of Rigging dress the Elf, Himself sometimes does hardly know himself.
1729 J. Gay Polly i. ii. 5 She is in most charming rigging; she won't cost you a penny, Sir, in cloaths at first setting out.
1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 122 We who stayed at the factory began to put on our winter rigging.
1821 W. Scott Pirate I. viii. 197 I have saved..my clothes—that the tall old woman in the dark rigging managed for me.
1865 W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 5 Salim's own rigging out was of the same description.
1913 E. Ferber Roast Beef Medium x. 289 You used to be up on men's rigging. All the boys look like their own shadows these days. English cut. No padding.
1933 Afro-American (Baltimore) 18 Nov. 8/4 In his riggings (clothes to you), he sticks closely to the conservative lines.
1976 D. K. Hall Rodeo 46/1 A cowboy keeps his riggings and ropes, chaps and spurs, and all other odds and ends of his rodeo gear in his bag.
1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 69 Cow rigging, a cowboy's working clothes.
4. A machine or piece of apparatus designed for a particular kind of work; the necessary items for a particular purpose; equipment, apparatus.
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the mind > possession > supply > [noun] > that which is supplied > that with which anything is equipped > equipment or accoutrements
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clobber1890
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > equipment for any action or undertaking
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1837 1st Exhib. Mass. Charitable Mechanic Assoc. 83 One Sausage-Machine and Chopper; also a rigging for working three horses abreast, on soft meadows.
1849 H. D. Thoreau Week Concord & Merrimack Rivers 68 They had teams with rigging such as is used to carry barrels.
1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 63 This claim has a splendid hydraulic rigging.
1900 W. R. Abercrombie 1899 Copper River Exploring Exped. 34 The transportation equipment consists of 19 pack mules, with rigging complete; 63 pack horses, with rigging more or less incomplete, due to wear and tear of last season's work.
1935–9 R. Haig-Brown Walk to Derek's Landing—January 1935 in Woods & River Tales (1980) xiii. 131 We're none of us ever expecting a big snow in this country and we don't use snowshoes much, so our rigging is rather primitive.
1993 R. Worsing Rural Rescue & Emergency Care v. 60 Rigging for use during agricultural–rural incidents includes the following equipment: synthetic rope, wire rope, chains, and pulleys.
Phrases
Nautical slang. to climb the rigging: to become angry; to lose one's temper. Now rare.
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1916 ‘Taffrail’ Carry On! 27 To get angry is to ‘get dizzy’ or ‘climb the rigging’.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 243 To climb the rigging, to get angry.
Compounds
C1. General attributive (esp. in sense 1a), as rigging equipment, rigging room, rigging time, rigging wages, etc.
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1545–6 Raconyng Voy. Eyeslond in Mariner's Mirror (1939) 25 173 Itm. a Seme of wheet spent in Rygynge tyme at ijs vjd a boyschel.
c1599 in J. Bree Cursory Sketch (1791) 217 For the rigging wages of 200 men.
c1599 in J. Bree Cursory Sketch (1791) 217 For rigging-victuals of 200 men.
1663 S. Pepys Diary 7 Jan. (1971) IV. 7 Comanders did never heretofore receive any pay for the Rigging-time but only for Sea time.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Rigging-Mats, those which are seized upon a vessel's standing rigging, to prevent its being chafed.
1870 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Oct. 6 The fire broke out..in the fitting and rigging rooms.
1908 Man. Seamanship (1915) I. iii. 96 Heave both parts of the wire together by means of ‘rigging screws’ supplied for this purpose.
2002 Lloyd's List (Nexis) 18 Feb. 19 The company..can supply customers direct with..communications and navigation equipment, marine hardware, ropes and rigging equipment.
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rigging cutter n. Nautical a (usually heavy-duty) cutting tool, used to cut a vessel's rigging.
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 758/1 Rigging Cutter, an apparatus invented to cut the rigging of sunken vessels.
1995 D. Degnon Sails Full & By (1997) xx. 163 We were able to get the halyard close enough for me to cut it with the rigging cutters.
rigging house n. Nautical a building in which rigging is prepared and stored.
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1669 R. Eastwood in St. Papers, Dom. 1668–9, 593 We will lay the floor of the rigging-house this week.
1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 181 Rigging is..prepared..in a rigging-house.
1947 H. Wyllie Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1948) 34 230 The correct stretching of the lower stays and shrouds in the rigging-house presented many difficulties.
1995 Times (Nexis) 18 May (Features section) All the artefacts and relics of Nelson were moved ashore, eventually to the old rigging house opposite the dock in which Victory now lies.
rigging position n. Aeronautics the position of an aircraft or aircraft part when its lateral axis and some chosen longitudinal axis are both horizontal.
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1916 H. Barber Aeroplane Speaks iii. 104 Before rigging an aeroplane or making any adjustments it is necessary to place it in what is known as its ‘flying position’. I may add that it would be better termed its ‘rigging position’.
1939 C. H. L. Needham Aircraft Design (1963) II. ii. 42 The CG[= centre of gravity] location is obtained by weighing the aircraft first with the tail down, then in rigging position.
2006 I. Thirsk De Havilland Mosquito II. 345/1 (caption) This aircraft has been jacked into the rigging position.
rigging rope n. chiefly Nautical a rope used in rigging (usually in plural); (as a mass noun) ropes of this type.
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1593 in K. R. Andrews Eng. Privateering Voy. W. Indies (1959) 232 Rigginge ropes old & not serviceable.
1741 J. Cowley Sailor's Compan. & Merchantman's Convoy Contents Names of the Masts, Yards and Rigging-ropes of a Ship.
1818 Times 28 Oct. 3/3 The people at the prisoner's warehouse were busied in unlaying the rigging-rope.
1920 C. Sandburg Smoke & Steel 186 I saw the North Star one night and five new stars for me in the rigging ropes.
2005 B. Heath Discovering Great South Land 119/1 To connect the standing rigging ropes to the masts, tough ash wood deadeyes without sheaves were required.
rigging slinger n. North American (in logging) an assistant supervisor, reporting to the hook tender, with responsibility for the attaching of logs to the rigging equipment.
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1896 K. Munroe Rick Dale xxxv. 241 The mighty tree..is set upon by ‘buckers’ (who saw its great trunk into thirty-foot lengths), barkers, rigging slingers, hand-skidders, and teamsters.
1911 Pacific Monthly Apr. 376/2 The hook-tender, who is the foreman of the rigging crew, sees that the rigging slinger fastens the rigging to the log properly.
1944 S. H. Holbrook Burning Empire 135 A chokerman set a choker around a big blue butt of fir, the rigging slinger shouted ‘Hi!’ and the punk blew the whistle on the yarding engine once.
2005 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 24 Nov. a23 I was part of a three-man crew working directly under the supervision of an experienced rigging-slinger, who directed the chokerman.
rigging stopper n. Nautical a rope or lashing used to strengthen pieces of rigging that have become loose or damaged.
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1860 A. H. Alston Seamanship i. 27 How is a rigging-stopper fitted, and how put on?
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Rigging-stoppers..are used when the shrouds, stays, or backstays are stranded in action, or in a gale.
1984 J. Harland Seamanship in Age of Sail xxii. 299/1 Men-of-war were equipped with rigging stoppers, specifically to allow the quick repair of a shroud shot away in action.
2003 J. Stockwin Seaflower x. 194 The boatswain was already calling for a rigging stopper, shading his eyes and gazing up to where the final strand was giving way.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
riggingn.3
/ˈrɪɡɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ/ The action of rig v.5; esp. the action of manipulating something in a fraudulent or underhand manner. Also: an instance of this.ballot, bid, market, vote rigging, etc.: see the first element.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun]
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bobol1907
swizzle1913
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tweedling1975
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > action or practice of deceiving
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1839 W. M. Thackeray Catherine i Don't let us have any juggling and thimblerigging with virtue and vice.]
1846 Times 24 Apr. 4/2 What were they about to do? To send to a committee..the..majority of the bills got up in that manner, fictitious values having been given to the shares. They were wading through all..this ‘rigging of the market’.
1875 A. Crump Theory Stock Exchange Speculation (ed. 4) iii. 46 He..depresses the price as a preliminary feint, so that the contemplated rigging of the price may be as little encumbered by bulls as possible.
1912 H. Croly Marcus Alonzo Hanna 460 He was constantly on the lookout for a chance to joke about the peccadilloes of his friends. There were few of them who escaped this kind of rigging.
1932 Sun (Baltimore) 27 Apr. 15/7 His general chronicle of stock-price ‘rigging’.
1980 G. M. Fraser Mr American xxii. 430 It isn't rigging, you see. You couldn't rig a British judge and jury nowadays.
2005 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 1 Dec. 12/1 His latest draft leaves no room for doubt that Vere's legalistic rigging of the hastily convened trial..is ultimately rooted in self-mistrust.
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