rigging loftn.

Brit.

/ˈrɪɡɪŋ lɒft/, U.S.

/ˈrɪɡɪŋ ˌlɔft/,

/ˈrɪɡɪŋ ˌlɑft/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rigging n.², loft n.

Etymology: < rigging n.² + loft n.

1. Nautical. A large room or workshop in which rigging is prepared before fitting to a ship.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > parts of shipyard or dockyard

mast-dock?1686

rigging loft1726

fitting-shop1840

camber1885

shaping-shop1890

fitting-out basin1909

1726 New-Eng. Courant 8 Jan. 2/2 A Fire broke out in a Rigging Loft on Mr. Clark's warff.

1797 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 195 Stores, Sail and Rigging Loft.

1838 J. Gourly On Great Evils of Impressment 77 A cruize of three or four weeks in the North Sea..would be very useful in..stretching the rigging, all of which is now fitted in the rigging loft.

1879 S. A. Emery Reminisc. Nonagenarian l. 264/2 On Marquand's wharf, Joseph Marquand had six warehouses, a rigging loft, counting-room, etc.

1922 Times 8 June 5/3 The range of yachts' stores was on fire.., as well as the fitting shop,..rigging loft, and engine house.

2003 J. L. Nelson Glory in Name (2004) x. 67 At the other end of the yard, where Samuel knew the ropewalk and sail loft and rigging loft to be, now suddenly there was only fire.

2. U.S. Theatre. The space above a stage from which the scenery is manipulated.Recorded earliest in attributive use.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > parts above stage

shadow1600

fly1805

rigging loft1851

gridiron-floor1881

gridiron1886

fly-gallery1888

grid1927

1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Music & Drama 191 The framework of the roofs of theatres must be much higher than that of ordinary roofs... The rigging-loft floor itself consists of beams seven inches by five in thickness..and covered over with planks as occasion requires.

1888 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 438 Looking upward from the floor of the stage, he would call them [sc. the beams] the gridiron; standing on them, he would speak of them as the rigging-loft.

1953 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 29 Nov. iv. 1/1 The scenery system includes 16 sets of lines on counterweights, a rigging loft, and every facility to reduce the stage size for any purpose.

1996 S. Callow Orson Welles 46 The campus theater was a well-equipped two-hundred seater, with..a rigging loft equipped with ten sets of lines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rigging loft
释义	rigging loftn. Brit. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ lɒft/, U.S. /ˈrɪɡɪŋ ˌlɔft/, /ˈrɪɡɪŋ ˌlɑft/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rigging n.², loft n. Etymology: < rigging n.² + loft n. 1. Nautical. A large room or workshop in which rigging is prepared before fitting to a ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > shipyard or boat-yard > [noun] > parts of shipyard or dockyard mast-dock?1686 rigging loft1726 fitting-shop1840 camber1885 shaping-shop1890 fitting-out basin1909 1726 New-Eng. Courant 8 Jan. 2/2 A Fire broke out in a Rigging Loft on Mr. Clark's warff. 1797 in Naval Documents U.S. Wars Barbary Powers (U.S. Office Naval Rec.) (1939) I. 195 Stores, Sail and Rigging Loft. 1838 J. Gourly On Great Evils of Impressment 77 A cruize of three or four weeks in the North Sea..would be very useful in..stretching the rigging, all of which is now fitted in the rigging loft. 1879 S. A. Emery Reminisc. Nonagenarian l. 264/2 On Marquand's wharf, Joseph Marquand had six warehouses, a rigging loft, counting-room, etc. 1922 Times 8 June 5/3 The range of yachts' stores was on fire.., as well as the fitting shop,..rigging loft, and engine house. 2003 J. L. Nelson Glory in Name (2004) x. 67 At the other end of the yard, where Samuel knew the ropewalk and sail loft and rigging loft to be, now suddenly there was only fire. 2. U.S. Theatre. The space above a stage from which the scenery is manipulated.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > parts above stage shadow1600 fly1805 rigging loft1851 gridiron-floor1881 gridiron1886 fly-gallery1888 grid1927 1851 S. F. Baird tr. J. G. Heck Iconogr. Encycl. IV. Music & Drama 191 The framework of the roofs of theatres must be much higher than that of ordinary roofs... The rigging-loft floor itself consists of beams seven inches by five in thickness..and covered over with planks as occasion requires. 1888 Scribner's Mag. Oct. 438 Looking upward from the floor of the stage, he would call them [sc. the beams] the gridiron; standing on them, he would speak of them as the rigging-loft. 1953 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 29 Nov. iv. 1/1 The scenery system includes 16 sets of lines on counterweights, a rigging loft, and every facility to reduce the stage size for any purpose. 1996 S. Callow Orson Welles 46 The campus theater was a well-equipped two-hundred seater, with..a rigging loft equipped with ten sets of lines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1726
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