gunter rigs

A form of gunter rig — a rigging configuration consiting of a fore and aft sail set abaft (behind) the mast. The lower half of the luff (front) of the sail is attached to the mast, and the upper half is fastened to a spar which is approximately vertical and reaches above the top of the mast, in such a way that the yard can slide up and down the lower mast.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of gunter rig
Cite this entry
APA

gunter rigs. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunter%20rigs

MLA

“gunter rigs.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunter%20rigs. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gunter rigs,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gunter%20rigs.

Source: gunter rigs on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.