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square-rigged en · ADJ

Etymology

Compare square rig.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of a ship) Having (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel.
  2. (not-comparable) Smartly dressed.
    • A handsome square-rigged fellow in a double-breasted blue uniform, not burnt, stood at her shoulder. 1979, Joseph Hayes, Island on Fire: A True Saga, page 231:

Antonyms

fore-and-aft-rigged

Deriveds

square-rigger

Relateds

gaff-rigged

Translations (4)

de rahgetakelt (having square sails) · pl z ożaglowaniem rejowym (having square sails) · it a vela quadra (having square sails) · fi raakatakiloitu (having square sails)