ship-rigged
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ship-rigged
First recorded in 1835–45
Example Sentences
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I have spoken of her as a ship, but she was barque-rigged, as almost all whalers are, barques being more easily handled than ship-rigged craft.
From Peter Trawl The Adventures of a Whaler by Durden, James
She was about 350 tons and full ship-rigged, that is to say, she carried square sails on all three masts.
From The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales by Bullen, Frank T.
Twenty years later, in the Pacific, I commanded one of these old war-horses, not yet turned out to grass or slaughter, ship-rigged to royals, and slow-steamed.
From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)
She had been either barque or ship-rigged; but all three of her masts were over the side, and could be seen floating there still attached to the hull by the rigging.
From The Missing Merchantman by Overend, William Heysham
A sound, teak-built, staunch, ship-rigged vessel of 1200 tons register, and classed A1 at Lloyd’s for an indefinite number of years.
From The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace by Hutcheson, John C. (John Conroy)
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