rig down

verb

1. adverb nautical to disassemble and stow

Example Sentences

Independent trucker Robert Schott was driving his big rig down the I-10 near Pomona when I reached him on his cell to talk about the “gig” bill.

From Los Angeles Times

Greenpeace earlier said it understood there were plans to lower the rig down into the sea to give police easier access from a boat to where the protesters were camped.

From BBC

Maddie’s prediction came true: the engine stopped and the smoke drifted away, and now the pilot was clearly planning to put his damaged rig down in the field right in front of them.

From Literature

The driver maneuvered that big rig down a narrow shoulder, missing us by inches and managing to stop before the cross street with smoke pouring from his front tire.

From Seattle Times

Using a lightweight spin-fishing pole, a small fishing weight and a rig composed of six or seven tiny hooks dressed with glittery feathers, a hopeful fisher drops the whole rig down to the bay’s bottom and jigs it up and down only slightly.

From New York Times