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cat rig

–noun Nautical.
the typical rig of a catboat, consisting of a single mast with a long boom, set well forward and carrying a single gaff or jib-headed sail.

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism
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cat rig  
n.   Nautical
The rig of a catboat.

[From obsolete cat, catboat.]
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