yawl-rigged

[yawl-rigd]

adjective

1. rigged in the manner of a yawl.

Word History and Origins

Origin of yawl-rigged¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

I'm having my canoe decked and yawl-rigged for deep water and live in the hope of being drowned according to the dictates of my conscience.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

She was yawl-rigged, pulled six oars, and her full carrying capacity was twenty-four persons, for which number she carried provisions and water enough to last, according to a carefully regulated scale, four days, or even six days at a pinch.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

As the launch neared the mouth of the river a yawl-rigged craft with an auxiliary engine had just entered it.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

He remembered the Sunday-school teachings of his native village and the discourses of the black-coated gentleman connected with the Mission to Fishermen and Seamen, whose yawl-rigged boat darting through rain-squalls amongst the coasters wind-bound in Falmouth Bay, was part of those precious pictures of his youthful days that lingered in his memory.

Read more on Project Gutenberg

Near by, some loitering sailors watched the yawl-rigged fishing craft from Holland, and the codfish-smelling cul-de-poule schooners of the great fishing company which exploited the far-off fields of Gaspe in Canada.

Read more on Project Gutenberg