rigging
rigging Lexical Profile
rigging Game Scores & Validity
• noun
The system of ropes, cables, or chains employed to support a ship's masts and to control or set its sails.
"The sailors climbed high into the rigging to secure the sails before the storm hit."
The ropes, chains, slings, and mechanical equipment used for lifting and moving heavy loads in construction, theater stages, or logging.
"The stagehands inspected the overhead rigging before hoisting the heavy lighting trusses."
The act or practice of fraudulently manipulating a system, contest, election, or market to ensure a predetermined outcome.
"Independent observers were brought in to prevent any rigging of the municipal vote."
In 3D computer animation, the process of creating a digital skeleton of joints and control handles so that a three-dimensional model can be posed and animated.
"Character rigging requires a blend of artistic anatomy knowledge and technical skill."
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Word Origin & Etymology
First recorded in the late 15th century, derived from the verb 'rig' (likely of Scandinavian origin, related to Norwegian 'rigga', meaning to bind or wrap up) combined with the suffix '-ing'.