jury-rigged

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jury-rigged
    adj 1: 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}, {jury-rigged}, {makeshift}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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]

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