Jury-rigged

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jury-rigged \ju"ry-rigged`\, a. (Naut.)
     Rigged for temporary service; done or made using whatever
     materials are available; makeshift; as, the survivors used
     jury-rigged fishing gear. See {Jury}, a.
  
     Syn: improvised, makeshift.


          [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jury-rigged
       adj : done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river
             on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged
             fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
             [syn: {improvised}, {makeshift}]