square-rigger
Britishnoun
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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
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When it came his turn to use it, he took a picture of a square-rigger moored off Manhattan's South Street.
From Time Magazine Archive
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In May 1995, the historic square-rigger Maria Asumpta was sailing along the rugged coast of Cornwall, England, in fine weather and light wind.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He sailed out before dawn at the helm of a two- hundred-ton Spanish square-rigger.
From Caribbee by Thomas Hoover
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