square-rigged
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See also: square rigged
English[edit]
Adjective[edit]
square-rigged (not comparable)
- (nautical, of a ship) Having (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel.
- Smartly dressed.
- 1979, Joseph Hayes, Island on Fire: A True Saga, page 231:
- A handsome square-rigged fellow in a double-breasted blue uniform, not burnt, stood at her shoulder.
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having square sails
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