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unrig /ʌnˈrɪɡ /verb (unrigs, unrigging, unrigged) [with object]1Remove the rigging from (a ship): (as noun unrigging) the furling drum makes unrigging a snap...- 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.
- Mobs in Boston prevented the exportation of grain by unrigging the ship and dismantling its rudder.
- 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.
1.1 archaic or dialect Undress (someone): I was forced 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.’
- I was enforced to beat a retreat before I was altogether unrigged.
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