rerig

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verb

To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.

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Meanings

verbrerig (third-person singular simple present rerigs, present participle rerigging, simple past and past participle rerigged)

present singular third person rerigs · participle present rerigging · participle past rerigged · past rerigged

  1. transitivenauticalTo rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.

    The Edward A. Horton, the Gloucester schooner forced into Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and stripped of its sails, is part of Gloucester lore. Six New Englanders broke into a warehouse at night, took the impounded gear, rerigged the schooner, and slipped away on the flood tide.

    1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 227

Origin

From re- + rig.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

GrierGerri
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APA

rerig. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerig

MLA

“rerig.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerig. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rerig,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rerig.

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