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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rig \Rig\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Rigged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rigging}.] [Norweg. rigga to bind, particularly, to wrap round, rig; cf. AS. wr[=i]han to cover.]
1. To furnish with apparatus or gear; to fit with tackling.
2. To dress; to equip; to clothe, especially in an odd or fanciful manner; -- commonly followed by out.
Jack was rigged out in his gold and silver lace. --L'Estrange.
{To rig a purchase}, to adapt apparatus so as to get a purchase for moving a weight, as with a lever, tackle, capstan, etc.
{To rig a ship} (Naut.), to fit the shrouds, stays, braces, etc., to their respective masts and yards.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rigging \Rig"ging\, noun Dress; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, etc. See Illustr. of {Ship} and {Sails}.
{Running rigging} (Naut.), all those ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.
{Standing rigging} (Naut.), the shrouds and stays.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rig
noun
1: gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise
2: a truck consisting of a tractor and trailer together [syn: {trailer truck}, {tractor trailer}, {trucking rig}, {articulated lorry}, {semi}]
3: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: {rigging}]
4: a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant" [syn: {outfit}, {getup}, {turnout}]
5: gear used in fishing [syn: {fishing gear}, {tackle}, {fishing tackle}, {fishing rig}]
6: a vehicle with four wheels drawn by two or more horses [syn: {carriage}, {equipage}]
7: the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme; "that book is a fraud" [syn: {swindle}, {cheat}]
verb
1: arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; "rig an election" [syn: {set up}]
2: manipulate in a fraudulent manner; "rig prices" [syn: {manipulate}]
3: connect or secure to; "They rigged the bomb to the ignition"
4: equip with sails, masts, etc.; "rig a ship" [syn: {set}, {set up}] [also: {rigging}, {rigged}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rigging
noun
1: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails [syn: {tackle}]
2: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel [syn: {rig}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rigging See {rig}
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
224 Moby Thesaurus words for "rigging": accouterments, advocate, alpenstock, anchor chain, anchor rode, apparatus, apparel, appliances, appointments, appurtenances, arm, armament, artifice, athletic supporter, attire, back, backbone, backing, backropes, bandeau, bear raid, bearer, becket, block, boltrope, bow fast, bowline, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brail, brassiere, breast fast, bull raid, buntline, buttress, cabal, cane, carrier, cervix, clothing, collusion, complicity, complot, confederacy, connivance, conspiracy, contrivance, contriving, conveniences, cordage, cording, corner, corner in, corset, counterplot, covin, crook, crossjack brace, crutch, deadeye, deep-laid plot, downhaul, dress, duds, duffel, earing, engineering, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fast, finagling, finesse, fittings, fixtures, flying jib martingale, flying jib stay, footropes, fore-skysail brace, fore-skysail lift, fore-topgallant shroud, fore-topgallant stay, fore-topmast backstay, fore-topsail lift, foreganger, foreroyal backstay, foreroyal lift, forerunner, forestay, foretack, foundation garment, frame-up, fulcrum, furnishings, furniture, game, gasket, gear, girdle, grab rope, guess-rope, guess-warp, guest rope, gunter, guy, guywire, halyard, harbor gasket, hawser, head fast, impedimenta, installations, intrigue, jock, jockstrap, kit, lanyard, lee sheet, lee tack, lifeline, lift, little game, machination, machinery, main brace, main-skysail brace, main-trysail vang, mainsheet, mainstay, maintainer, maneuvering, manipulation, martingale, mast, materiel, messenger, mizzen stay, mizzen-royal lift, mizzen-royal stay, mizzen-skysail brace, mizzen-skysail lift, mizzen-skysail stay, mizzen-topgallant lift, mizzen-topgallant stay, mizzen-topmast stay, mizzen-topsail lift, monopoly, munition, munitions, neck, outfit, outhaul, painter, paraphernalia, pennant hoist, plant, plot, plotting, plumbing, port tack, preventer backstay, prop, raid, raiment, ratline, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rig, ropes, ropework, roping, running rigging, scheme, schemery, scheming, sea gasket, service, serving, sheet, shoulder, shroud, span, spanker peak halyard, spanker sheet, spine, spring, sprit, staff, standing rigging, starboard tack, stave, stay, stick, stiffener, stirrup, stock-in-trade, stratagem, strengthener, support, supporter, sustainer, tack, tackle, tackling, things, togs, trick, underplot, upholder, utensils, walking stick, wash sale, washing, weather sheet, web of intrigue, whipping, whisker jumper, wire-pulling
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