Definition of Squari-rigged
Square"-rigged` (skwâr"r&ibreve;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.
Square"-rigged` (skwâr"r&ibreve;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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (nautical) (of a ship) having its main sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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