sails. Standing rigging is the fixed rigging that supports masts including shrouds and stays. Running rigging is rigging which adjusts the position of the...

Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In maritime transport and sailing, jury rigging is making temporary makeshift running repairs with only the tools and materials...

Bid rigging is a fraudulent scheme in a procurement action which enables companies to submit non-competitive bids. It can be performed by corrupt officials...

A rigging knife is a specially designed knife used to cut rope. It may have a serrated edge for sawing through line, or a heavy blade suitable for hitting...

which they are attached. Standing rigging, the rigging that supports masts on sailing vessels. Running rigging, the rigging that is used to adjust the position...

Standing rigging comprises the fixed lines, wires, or rods, which support each mast or bowsprit on a sailing vessel and reinforce those spars against...

penny, or a grain of rice inside. Harold A. Underhill (1946). Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship and Ocean Carrier. Brown, Son and Ferguson. ISBN 0-85174-173-8...

Rigging in entertainment can be broken down into two main subjects – theatrical rigging and arena-style rigging. All the same skills apply in both genres...

sometimes referred to as election manipulation, voter fraud, or vote rigging, involves illegal interference with the process of an election, either...

Skeletal animation or rigging is a technique in computer animation in which a character (or other articulated object) is represented in two parts: a polygonal...