Jury-rig definition
To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise.
The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear.
verb
(nautical) An improvised rigging.
noun
Origin of jury-rig
- From jury-rig, jury-rigging improvised rigging on a ship modeled on jury-mast temporary mast perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie help from aider to help aid
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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