unrigv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪɡ/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪɡ/ 1.
a. transitive. To take down or dismantle (a particular item of rigging or other piece of equipment on board a ship); to take down or dismantle the rigging of (a ship).In quots 1673 and 1810 intransitive in the progressive with passive meaning.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (transitive)] > remove (parts or equipment) > specific
untackle1552
unrig1562
unhang1600
unshroud1608
unstock1706
the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > leave unoccupied [verb (transitive)] > clear out > clear of (something) > dismantle or divest of contents
unrig1562
dismantle1579
unfurnish1598
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > rig > divest of rigging
unrig1562
1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks f. 68 When he had vnrigged his Nauie, he departed from thence to Andrinople.
1582 E. Fenton Jrnl. 28 Aug. in E. G. R. Taylor Troublesome Voy. Capt. E. Fenton (1959) xxxvii. 104 I was fayne to unrigg my foretopp and to amende the tressoll trees being brocken.
1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. B4v That other two weekes bee also spent..in vnrigging and laying vp the Busse.
1667 London Gaz. No. 169/4 They were constrained to Unrigg her, and to take down her Topmast.
1673 London Gaz. No. 773/4 The other, mounted with 24 Guns, is now unrigging.
1720 D. Defoe Life Capt. Singleton 235 We unrigged our Top-masts.
1769 Ann. Reg. 1768 106/1 Some sailors began to unrig the ships.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms at Dégarnir le cabestan To unrig the capstern, by taking off the viol and unshipping the bars.
1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 124 A broadside..nearly unrigged the Foudroyant.
1810 Naval Chron. 23 121 A small frigate unrigging.
1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions II. 451 It would be necessary first to discharge the cargo, and to unrig the ship.
1871 Hunt's Yachting Mag. Nov. 522 Took in balloon staysail and unrigged the boom.
1948 Motor Boating July 51/2 Unrig boat and check rigging and lines for signs of wear.
1977 Navy News Aug. 11/1 H.M.S. Birmingham had to rig and unrig floodlights on five consecutive days.
2003 Cruising World Dec. 11 (advt.) Concetta..uses the same UK Spectra-Kevlar Tape-Drive sails for cruising and winning races, never needing to rig and unrig sails as her owner's plans change.
b. intransitive. To remove or take down a ship's rigging.In quot. 1799 with the ship as subject and reflexive meaning.
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society > travel > travel by water > other nautical operations > [verb (intransitive)] > remove rigging
unriga1647
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [verb (intransitive)] > be rigged > remove rigging
unriga1647
a1647 P. Pett in Archaeologia (1796) 12 227 Friday the 16th, we unrigged, and shot the bridge.
1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 238 Malta then was half-starving, and the Ships had unrigged.
1897 tr. F. Nansen Farthest North II. vii. 327 We..rigged up mast and sail. But..we were soon obliged to unrig, and take to paddling.
2007 L. Yoder tr. A. Dumas Last Cavalier xcii. 582 Our objective to unrig made the English artillery only more effective.
2.
a. transitive. To strip (a person) of clothes; to undress. Now rare (only in historical contexts).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (transitive)] > strip or undress a person
to dight nakedc1200
stripa1225
unclothec1300
nakea1350
despoilc1386
spoilc1386
spoila1400
uncleada1400
undighta1400
unarray14..
disarrayc1425
disattire?1473
unray1485
uncover1530
tirr1553
disclothe1570
disvesture1570
uncoat1571
uncase1576
unapparel1577
disrobe1590
unrig1591
unbusk1596
unstrip1596
untire1597
devest1598
unparel1603
unshale1604
unvest1609
disapparel1610
flaya1616
undress1615
disinvest1619
disvest1627
despoil1632
blanch1675
unpack1765
ungarment1805
peel1820
divest1848
divesture1854
1591 J. Lyly Endimion iii. iii. sig. Ev Vnrigge mee. Hey ho.
1693 J. Dryden in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xiv. 293 The Shrine was..lin'd with a strong Guard of Souldiers, who had an Eye to their God..lest he should be stoln, or unrigg'd.
1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 162 The French Gentlewoman,..whom they had almost unrigged, withal telling the Men that they had stript first.
1793 ‘P. Pindar’ Poet. Epist. to Pope 132 Out with her ear-rings and the Dame unrig.
1820 W. Scott Monastery II. iii. 112 He secured my spare doublet..—I was enforced to beat a retreat before I was altogether unrigged.
1864 C. T. Brooks tr. J. P. F. Richter Titan (new ed.) I. ii. 79 The poor man dismasted and unrigged himself in his work-chamber as others do in their dining-room.
1900 S. H. Noble Life & Adv. Buckskin Sam iii. 37 In a little while she came in the front way and unrigging herself, turned in for the rest of night.
1999 A. Morgan Rake v. 109 When the boy arrives, I lump his head with a bottle, or some such convenient implement. We unrig him, bind and gag him and dress you in his clothes.
b. intransitive. To take off one's clothes; to get undressed. Also with up. Now rare (chiefly regional or in historical contexts).
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > undress or remove clothing [verb (intransitive)]
stripa1225
unbusk1596
uncase1598
disapparela1605
undressa1625
disarray1678
unrig1693
disrobe1716
peel1785
tirr1787
unattire1791
shuck1848
1693 W. Congreve Old Batchelour v. i. 43 Bell. I wou'd unrig. Setter. I attend you, Sir.
1766 J. Penrose Let. 6 May in Lett. from Bath (1983) 88 We had begun to unrig as soon as the coast was clear: for 'tis very disagreeable to be all day dressed in form.
1865 A. D. Whitney Gayworthys v Gabriel..fibbed again when he said he ‘didn't feel much like rigging up for a party;’ which had been true but for the last five minutes since he unrigged.
1879 G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk. 310 ‘Now, Missis, dinner's waӯtin.’ ‘Well, gie me time to onrig; yo' bin in a despert 'urry; yo'd'n better 'ăve the dinner to meet one 'afe way to church.’
2001 J. Stockwin Kydd 113 We gets down on the job 'n' while she unrigs, with me eye I sees as 'ow she's a mermaid!
3. transitive. To unharness (an animal).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness > unharness
untackle1574
ungear1598
unharness1611
unclose?1614
unrig1690
outspan1815
unshut1817
untack1962
1690 London Gaz. No. 2552/3 The Sailors went ashore and unrigged his Horse.
1749 W. Harris Hist. William-Henry Prince of Nassau & Orange ix. 263 The Sailors soon unrigged the Horse of the saddle and furniture.
1818 in Scots Mag. Dec. 560/2 At length their horses were unrigged, and sent out to feed in this dry and barren ground.
1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 575 The express command of his master that..Rozinante should not be unrigged.
1913 J. London God of his Fathers & Other Stories 123 I'm goin' to unrig the dogs an' grub 'em.
1972 B. K. Green Some More Horse Tradin' (2000) 108 There was a set of open corrals on a ranch close to the road and I made it there about dark and unrigged my horses and made out my pallet.
1997 E. M. Essin Shavetails & Bell Sharps v. 120 In Arizona during the 1870s, a pack mule lost her footing near the top of a steep hill and turned several somersaults before reaching the bottom... With some difficulty the packers unloaded and even unrigged her.
Derivatives
unˈrigging n.
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1577 E. Fenton Let. 25 Nov. in G. Best Three Voy. M. Frobisher (1867) 188 It were to good purpose order were taken for the unrigginge of the shippes (if heare they shall remayne) for wante wherof their tackle and other thinges grow to dekaie.
1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares sig. K2v Lend me your hand to the vnrigging of Lysanders herse.
1783 J. Hanway Proposal for County Naval Free-schools 83 The operation of furling and loosening the sails, rigging and unrigging, the use of the rudder..&c. I presume may be taught on shore.
1851 Naut. Mag. & Naval Chron. Jan. 39 He must give satisfactory answers as to the rigging and unrigging of ships, stowing of holds, &c.
1990 Small Boat Jrnl. Jan. 21 (advt.) The Mini Reefer is simple to install. It slides easily over your forestay so that the furling drum will sit on top of the turnbuckle making unrigging a snap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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