Might mean (unverified): Remove rigging from a ship.
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▸ verb:  (nautical, transitive, intransitive) To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.).

Similar:
unrig, unrope, unload, undock, unstep, unreeve, clear away, strip off, strip, unrivet, more...

Opposite:
rig, assemble, set up, prepare

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Similar:
unrig, unrope, unload, undock, unstep, unreeve, clear away, strip off, strip, unrivet, more...

Opposite:
rig, assemble, set up, prepare



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