schooner-rigged
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of schooner-rigged
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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About 7 A.M.—for here it appears pilots do not hurry themselves—we made out a couple of schooner-rigged boats standing right for us, which were at first taken for pilots, but proved to be news-boats.
From Impressions of America During the years 1833, 1834 and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume I. by Power, Tyrone
Our ship was schooner-rigged and would carry about three tons.
From A Texas Cow Boy or, fifteen years on the hurricane deck of a Spanish pony, taken from real life by Siringo, Chas. A.
She was a finely-built ship of some seven hundred tons, and was schooner-rigged, so that she could either sail or steam.
From The Iron Pirate A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Pemberton, Max, Sir
She was schooner-rigged, and could carry a heavy press of sail, which the light winds of these inland lakes rendered necessary.
From Watch and Wait or The Young Fugitives by Optic, Oliver
She also was schooner-rigged, a trifle larger than the Royal James, but without the latter's height of mast.
From The Black Buccaneer by Meader, Stephen W. (Stephen Warren)
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