square-rigger
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The summer he turned 16, he was one of the Sea Scouts aboard the Pacific Queen, a 300-foot square-rigger, for what was supposed to be a 15-day cruise.
From Washington Times • Jul. 18, 2020
Largest and swankest was the Rex, an old, British-built square-rigger, formerly the collier Kenilworth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bannon becomes suspicious of a Danish square-rigger, Den Magre Kvind.
From Time Magazine Archive
Son of a British sea-captain, he was born, in 1881, in a three-masted square-rigger, Erin's Isle, homeward bound from India.
From Time Magazine Archive
"She was a square-rigger, and the master's name was Peterson; in the newspaper piece the name was Neils Peterson who cum from Stockholm," answered Uncle Terry.
From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark
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