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square-rigger

British  

noun

  1. nautical a square-rigged ship

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

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

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

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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