gréement

 

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From a derivative of greer, agreer (“to rig, equip”), from Anglo-Norman agreier (“to equip, equip a ship with tackle”), from a- +‎ *greier, from Old Norse greida (“to put in order, prepare, arrange”), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaną (“to prepare, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to put in order, make comfortable”). Cognate with Old English ġerǣdan (“to arrange, assist”), Middle High German gereiten (“to arrange, prepare”), Middle Dutch gereide (“equipment, harness”). More at ready.

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁe.mɑ̃/

gréement m (plural gréements)

1. rigging (system of ropes, chains, and tackle)
2. rigging (act of rigging)

• → Romanian: greement

• “gréement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• égerment, émergent