[Milsurplus] Jury Rig as nautical term, per Clete

[C.Whitaker]

de WB2CPN
I thought "Jerry" was used for 5-gallon cans that
gasoline or water was stored in.
They were copied from the Germans in WWII.
Trivia, but there are two different kinds of Jerry Cans.
Theirs had a hinge kind of a thing to cover the spout.
Ours had a large screw-on cover that needed a
short flexible spout.
On 5/24/2013 12:23 PM, J. Forster wrote:
> Exactly the opposite, IMO.
>
> Jerry rig is a corruption of an olde naval term, Jury Rig..,  an emergency
> sail lashed together, using a boom as a mast, for something like a
> lifeboat.
>
> YMMV,
>
> -John
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>> Clete is correct, and I see now that I was mistaken when I said that jury
>> rig is a corruption of Jerry rig.
>>
>> wikipedia has an enlightening entry on jury rig
>>
>> Thank you, Clete.
>>
>> RF
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