Meanings
adjectivesquare-rigged (not comparable)
- not comparablenauticalHaving (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel.
- not comparableSmartly 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Opposite
adjectiverigged with square sails as the principal ones
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Origin
Translations
Finnish raakatakiloitu
- raakatakiloituhaving square sails
German rahgetakelt
- rahgetakelthaving square sails
Italian a vela quadra
- a vela quadrahaving square sails
Polish z ożaglowaniem rejowym
- z ożaglowaniem rejowymhaving square sails
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