square-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of square-rigged
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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Sweat slid down my neck in the tropical sun as I stood at attention with 50 other students on the foredeck of our square-rigged sailing ship, en route to study biology in the Galapagos Islands.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2021
A story inside introduced Padfield to a new sailing ship dubbed the Mayflower II, a replica of the square-rigged English merchant vessel that carried a group of dissatisfied Protestants across the Atlantic Ocean in 1620.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 14, 2020
According to the Sag Harbor website, when the village was a thriving whaling port in the 18th and 19th centuries, it “had more tons of square-rigged vessels engaged in commerce than New York City.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2017
After university in Miami, the Mayos returned to Provincetown so that Stormy could build a schooner, a wooden square-rigged sailing boat.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 9, 2013
Everything was so different from a square-rigged ship.
From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous
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