rig
/ɹɪɡ/ noun C1- The rigging of a sailing ship or other such craft.
- Special equipment or gear used for a particular purpose. · The climbers each had a different rig for climbing that particular rockface.· We used a ground-level rig to safely learn how to tile a gable roof.
- A large truck, especially a semi-trailer truck. · Every rig at the truckstop had custom-made mud-flaps.
- The special apparatus used for drilling wells.
- A costume or an outfit. · My sister and I always made our own rigs for Halloween.
- A personal computer, typically one modified for looks.
- An imperfectly castrated horse, sheep etc.
- Radio equipment, especially a citizen's band transceiver.
Plural rigs
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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From a distance Dantès recognized the rig and handling of La Jeune Amélie, and dragging himself with affected difficulty towards the landing-place, he met his companions with an assurance that, although considerably better than when they quitted him, he still suffered acutely from his late accident.
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