| 单词 | standing rigging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding rigging standing rigging n. Nautical the fixed ropes and associated fittings that support a vessel's masts and bowsprit. Opposed to running rigging n. at running adj. Compounds 3b. ΚΠ 1655 Perfect Proc. State-affaires No. 310 4918 The States ship called the Recovery, now riding at Woollidge, with her Masts, yards, Furnaces and Boates, standing rigging of the lower Masts, being half worn. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. v. 56 The other ships of the squadron fixed new standing rigging. 1882 Cent. Mag. June 174/1 The standing rigging was set up anew, the shrouds rattled down, and..the men painted the weather-worn sides of the Three Brothers. 1947 H. Wyllie Let. in Mariner's Mirror (1948) 34 230 The unavoidable use of sisal instead of hemp for the standing rigging has been the cause of much trouble. 2015 D. McElvogue Tudor Warship Mary Rose iii. 25/2 The main and mizzen masts' standing rigging is spread by a timber shelf called a ‘channel’ running along the side of the summercastle. < as lemmas |
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