rerig

verb

verb

Etymology From re- + rig.

Nautical, Transport To rig again; to outfit (a ship) with new rigging.

The Edward A. Horton, the Gloucester schooner forced into Guysborough, Nova Scotia, and stripped of its sails, is part of Gloucester lore. Six New Englanders broke into a warehouse at night, took the impounded gear, rerigged the schooner, and slipped away on the flood tide.1997, Mark Kurlansky, Cod, page 227:

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