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standing rigging

the permanently positioned parts of a vessel's rigging, as stays and shrouds, used to support sails, masts, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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