ju·ry-rig (j r  -r g )tr.v. ju·ry-rigged, ju·ry-rig·ging, ju·ry-rigs To rig or assemble for temporary emergency use; improvise: The survivors of the wreck jury-rigged some fishing gear. [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; see aid.] |
jury-rigged
adj
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Chiefly nautical set up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
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| Adj. | 1. | jury-rigged - done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer" impermanent, temporary - not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" |
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