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square-rigged

adj — 2 senses

square-rigged

adj
1

Nautical, Transport Of a ship Having (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel.

2

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
Derived terms
square-rigger
Related terms
gaff-rigged

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