running rigging

noun

The ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.

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Meanings

nounrunning rigging (countable and uncountable, plural running riggings)

plural running riggings

  1. countableuncountablenauticalThe ropes used in bracing the yards, making and shortening sail, etc., such as braces, sheets, halyards, clew lines, and the like.

Translations

Hungarian futókötélzet
  • futókötélzetnautical ropes

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with running rigging

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APA

running rigging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20rigging

MLA

“running rigging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20rigging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “running rigging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/running%20rigging.

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