Rigging

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Rig.

II. Rigging ·noun DRess; tackle; especially (Naut.), the ropes, chains, ·etc., that support the masts and spars of a vessel, and serve as purchases for adjusting the sails, ·etc. ·see Illustr. of Ship and Sails.