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Meanings of climb the rigging in English
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Usage of climb the rigging in English
1
They're the first to climb the rigging and to climb ashore too.
2
I soon began to climb the rigging of the brig, ascending to the mast-heads.
3
Boys and girls of ambition climb the rigging, swing, and drop into the net.
4
They were anxious to work, to climb the rigging, and stand at the wheel.
5
I obeyed, though I felt so weak that I could scarcely climb the rigging.
6
First to volunteer to climb the rigging is 74-year-old Arthur Winterburn, a former builder.
7
How nice to pull the ropes, to climb the rigging, but, above all, to wear a sailor's uniform.
8
One man with great boldness tried to climb the rigging to the cross-trees, no doubt with intent to get a better aim.
9
To reach this, it was necessary to extemporise by means of a rope a species of ratlins by which he could climb the rigging.
10
Robert, then a boy of ten years old, had been given into his charge, and he ran away and tried to climb the rigging.
11
I climbed the rigging, and watched the moon rising over the water.
12
Ignacio said, and before Silus could stop him he was climbing the rigging.
13
Orders rang out and Blue sailors, indistinguishable from their marine brethren, climbed the rigging.
14
London-based twentysomething Kate (another non-sailor) was soon climbing the rigging for a better view.
15
He was a strong man, used to climbing the rigging and furling sails, hard work by any measure.
16
She climbed the rigging, and the captain ordered two men to go aloft and bring her to him.