Rerig
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Rerig is a verb meaning (nautical, transitive) To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
Meaning
(nautical, transitive) To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- rerigs
- rerigging
- rerigged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rejig, reoutfit, regear, refit, rereel, redredge.
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