⛵ To remove equipment ⚖️ To make fair

to unrig

6.7

Remove ropes, sails, and other equipment from a boat or vehicle

verb
/ʌnˈrɪɡ/

: desarmar

After the race was finished, the crew began to unrig the sailboat to prepare it for transport.

Examples

Unrig it now!

Eyeborgs (2009)
Well, unrig it.

Eyeborgs (2009)
They had to unrig the fishing boat before they could dock it safely.
Once the voyage was over, the team worked quickly to unrig the yacht for maintenance.

Antonyms

to rig

111 4.2

To set up equipment on a ship or machine so it is ready to use

How Rigged

to rig

111 4.2

to unrig

6.7

Surface Forms

unrig infinitive

unrigged past

unrigged past participle

unrigging present participle

unrigs third person singular

Morphology

unrig = rig (transparent) = un + rig

The verb is formed by the productive negative prefix 'un-' added to 'rig' meaning to remove equipment, which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Unrig is made of the parts un- meaning 'remove' and rig meaning 'to set up equipment', especially on a ship, so a helpful image is taking down sails, ropes, and gear after a voyage. So to unrig a boat is to take off its rigging and all the equipment before storage.