Definition of unrig in English:
unrig
verbunrigs, unrigging, unrigged ʌnˈrɪɡˌənˈrɪɡ
[with object]1Remove the rigging from (a ship)
the furling drum makes unrigging a snap
Example sentencesExamples
- Mobs in Boston prevented the exportation of grain by unrigging the ship and dismantling its rudder.
- Related services to stevedoring are the activities of rigging and unrigging of ship's gear, unlashing and lashing of cargoes, and securing cargo on board.
- They sailed to the Island of Blanco, which is a low Island 30 leagues from the main of Spanish America, where he unrigged his Sloop.
- 1.1dialect, archaic Undress (someone)
I was forced to beat a retreat before I was altogether unrigged
Example sentencesExamples
- I was enforced to beat a retreat before I was altogether unrigged.
- She tantalizes him by apologizing, ‘I must beg your pardon; I'm in haste to unrig,’ that is ‘undress.’