MARCONI RIG


Meaning of MARCONI RIG in English

noun Etymology: probably from the resemblance of the complex arrangement of stays and struts to that used to support the antennae used in wireless telegraphy, invented by Guglielmo Marconi Date: 1916 a fore-and-aft rig in which the sails are triangular and are not supported by gaffs

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