ship-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ship-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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I have spoken of her as a ship, but she was barque-rigged, as almost all whalers are, barques being more easily handled than ship-rigged craft.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by James Durden
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 Howard I. (Howard Irving) Chapelle
The largest vessel was ship-rigged, and had a battery of eighteen 12-pounders; she was called the Inflexible, and was commanded by Lieutenant John Schanck.
From The Major Operations of the Navies in the War of American Independence by A. T. (Alfred Thayer) Mahan
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 Raphael Semmes
A sound, teak-built, staunch, ship-rigged vessel of 1200 tons register, and classed A1 at Lloyd’s for an indefinite number of years.
From The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace by John C. (John Conroy) Hutcheson
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