Friday, 14 May 2010

Jury Rig

Jury rigging refers to makeshift repairs or temporary contrivances, made with only the tools and materials that happen to be on hand.

Originally a nautical term, on sailing ships a jury rig is a replacement mast and yards improvised in case of damage or loss of the original mast.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_rig

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