ship-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ship-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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The stem raked a good deal for a ship-rigged vessel; the post raked slightly.
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)
She was just the vessel they wanted; she was ship-rigged, carried twenty guns, and was quite new, having been only a few weeks out of port when she was captured.
From The Missing Ship The Log of the "Ouzel" Galley by Kingston, William Henry Giles
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
It consisted of three frigates, the "President" and "United States," rated of 44 guns, the "Congress" of 38, the ship-rigged sloop of war "Hornet" of 18, and the brig "Argus" of 16.
From Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
She was three hundred and eighty tons burden, ship-rigged, and was equipped with a horizontal engine, placed between decks, with boilers in the hold.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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