[joo
r-ee-rig] 
noun, verb, -rigged, -rig⋅ging.| 1. | Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc. |
| 2. | any makeshift arrangement of machinery or the like. |
| 3. | to assemble quickly or from whatever is at hand, esp. for temporary use: to jury-rig stage lights using automobile headlights. |
| 4. | Nautical. to replace (a rudder, mast, etc.) with a jury-rig: We jury-rigged a fore-topmast after the storm had snapped ours off. |
| ju·ry-rig (jŏŏr'ē-rĭg') 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.] |