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.

From 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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From 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.

From 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.

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