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[edit]derig (third-person singular simple present derigs, present participle derigging, simple past and past participle derigged)
- (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).
- 2002, Eric Stiller, Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak, page 106:
- "No way, we have to derig." "Okay. I'll keep paddling." I started untangling lines, pulling in jibsail cloth like a lobster fisherman pulling up a trap.
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