rigging

1. 1.

   gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails

   Synonymstackle

   Broadergear
2. 2.

   formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel

   Synonymsrig

   Broaderformation

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Other forms of rigging

plural

riggings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rigging

What does rigging mean?

rigging means "gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rigging?

rigging has 2 syllables: rig-ging. The stress falls on "rig". In IPA it is /ˈɹɪɡɪŋ/.

What is another word for rigging?

Close synonyms include tackle, rig. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rigging a common word?

rigging is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.