square-rigged

[ skwair-rigd ]

adjective

, Nautical.

1. having square sails as the principal sails.

square-rigged

adjective

1. nautical rigged with square sails

Other Words From

• square-rigger noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of square-rigged¹

First recorded in 1760–70

Example Sentences

Their ships were usually square-rigged sailing vessels, which were commonly called galleons.

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Jib: A triangular sail set on a stay in square-rigged ships, and then called a standing jib.

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Yeo's squadron was mostly square-rigged, and was therefore equally serviceable in all kinds of weather.

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You see, beyond the fact that she was a square-rigged ship we could say but little about her.

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Captain Swarth looked at the square-rigged ship, now on the port quarter—an ill-defined blur to his imperfect vision.

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