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rigging

  (rĭg'ĭng)

1. Nautical. The system of ropes, chains, and tackle used to support and control the masts, sails, and yards of a sailing vessel.
2. The supporting material for construction work.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails
  Synonym: tackle

Meaning #2: formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel
  Synonym: rig

Rigging refers to:

• Masts and lines on ships and other sailing vessels, see rigging.
• Oars, Oarlocks, Outriggers, and other paraphernalia on a rowing boat, see Glossary of rowing terms.
• Temporary structures such as stages built at rock concerts, gatherings, theatre productions, and other events where temporary structures are made from hollow structural steel for use in event production.
• Setting up Aerial Rigging for Circus aerial acts (trapeze, Spanish web, etc)
• Securing heavy machinery and other loads, especially for transport.
• Field Rigging - when crane operators, riggers and rigging superintendents design and execute the heavy transportation and heavy lifting on a construction project.
• Hanging of stage lighting, and related materials, e.g. rigging of theatrical productions which is done by a person known as a rigger a gaffer or a grip.
• Vote rigging is an electoral fraud.
• Rigging in contests is when the results are maliciously changed because of bias.
• An act embarked by two homosexual men where a submissive partner ties string to some bacon and swallows the bacon whilst holding onto the string. During sexual intercourse the dominant partner takes hold of the string. Moments before copulation the string is pulled quickly to cause the involuntary tightening of the sphincter, and thus heightening the pleasure.
• Rigging (Skeletal Animation) in Computer Graphics identifies the set of activities implied to set up complex controls over a three dimensional object (usually characters). The idea is similar to creating cords and constraints to control a puppet. (See also Inverse kinematics)

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - rigning, takkelage, valgfusk, svindel

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitrusting, tuigage, manipulatie

Français (French)
n. - (Naut) gréement, (Aviat) haubanage, (Fin) manipulation illégale, fraude électorale

Deutsch (German)
n. - Auftakeln, Takelage, Schiebung, Manipulation

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ναυτ.) αρματωσιά, άρμενα, ξάρτια, (καθομ.) μέσα ανάρτησης σκηνικών

Italiano (Italian)
attrezzatura, broglio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cordame (m), agiotagem (f)

Русский (Russian)
такелаж, оснастка

Español (Spanish)
n. - aparejo, montaje, equipo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - riggning, svid

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
索具, 装备, 绳索

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 索具, 裝備, 繩索

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 삭구 , 의장, 의류

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 索具, リギング, 仕掛け装置, 支度, 衣類

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عدة, تجهيزات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעטה (של ספינה), חיבל‬

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