About The Word Square-rigged
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Square-rigged
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What's The Definition Of Square-rigged?
[adj] rigged with square sails as the principal ones
Synonyms | Synonyms for Square-rigged: rigged Related Terms | Find terms related to Square-rigged: See Also | Square-rigged In Webster's Dictionary \Square"-rigged`\ (skw[^a]r"r[i^]gd`), a. (Naut.)
Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally
by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails;
thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
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