ship-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ship-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The new Wasp, like her sister ships, carried twenty-two guns and a crew of one hundred and seventy men, and was ship-rigged.
From Hero Tales from American History by Roosevelt, Theodore
She had been either barque or ship-rigged; but all three of her masts were over the side, and could be seen floating there still attached to the hull by the rigging.
From The Missing Merchantman by Overend, William Heysham
Twenty years later, in the Pacific, I commanded one of these old war-horses, not yet turned out to grass or slaughter, ship-rigged to royals, and slow-steamed.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
The old, inaccurate model, built to the scale of one-half inch to the foot, represents an auxiliary, side-wheel, ship-rigged steamer.
From The Pioneer Steamship Savannah: A Study for a Scale Model United States National Museum Bulletin 228, 1961, pages 61-80 by Chapelle, Howard I. (Howard Irving)
Soon after daylight we made a ship-rigged steamer on our port bow, bound also for Singapore.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
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