rigging
- IPA[ˈrɪɡɪŋ]
英式
- the system of ropes or chains employed to support a ship's masts (standing rigging) and to control or set the yards and sails (running rigging);the action of providing a sailing ship with rigging.
noun: rigging
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the system of ropes or chains employed to support a ship's masts (standing rigging) and to control or set the yards and sails (running rigging) I'm listening to the wind in the rigging
- ▪ the action of providing a sailing ship with rigging.
- 2. the ropes and wires supporting the structure of an airship, biplane, hang-glider, or parachute.
- ▪ the system of cables and fittings controlling the flight surfaces and engines of an aircraft.
- ▪ the action of assembling and adjusting the rigging of an airship, hang-glider, etc.