**Jury-rig** (v.)

> To erect, construct, or arrange in a makeshift fashion. [M-W][1]
 
> To assemble quickly or from whatever is at hand, especially for
> temporary use:
> 
> *To jury-rig stage lights using automobile headlights.* 
> 
> [dictionary.com][2]

The verb for anything makeshift appears to more an A.E. usage. The OED limits it to nautical usage under the adjective *jury*:

> I. Compounds.
> 
>  1. *Nautical*. Used in combination to designate parts of a ship put together or contrived for temporary use. Categories 
> 
> a.   jury-rig  n.
> 
> b.   jury-rig  v.
>
> c.   jury-rigged adj.


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> Etymology
>
> The phrase 'jury-rigged' has been in use since at least 1788. **The
> adjectival use of 'jury', in the sense of makeshift or temporary, has
> been said to date from at least 1616**, when according to the 1933
> edition of the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, it appeared
> in John Smith's *A Description of New England.* It appeared in
> Smith's more extensive *The General History of Virginia, New-England,
> and the Summer Isles* published in 1624.[3]
> 
> Two theories about the origin of this usage of 'jury-rig' are:
> 
>-- A corruption of jury mast; i.e., a mast for the day, a temporary mast,
> being a spare used when the mast has been carried away. From French
> *jour*: 'a day'.  
>  
>-- From the Latin *adjutare*: 'to aid'; via Old French
> *ajurie*: 'help' or 'relief'. [Wikipedia][3]


  [1]: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jury-rig
  [2]: https://www.dictionary.com/browse/jury-rig
  [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_rigging#:~:text=Two%20theories%20about%20the%20origin%20of%20this%20usage,been%20carried%20away.%20From%20French%20jour%3A%20%27a%20day%27.