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Definition of Square-rigger
1. Noun. A square-rigged sailing ship.
Definition of Square-rigger
1. Noun. (nautical) A square-rigged ship. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Square-rigger
Literary usage of Square-rigger
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outing (1893)
"In point of fact, the fore-and-aft rig as now used may enable the boat to sail
within four points of the wind, whereas the old-fashioned square-rigger could ..."
2. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1917)
"A square- rigger before the wind is as manageable and comfortable as on any other
point of sailing, but the fore-and-after, if there is any sea running, ..."
3. Modern Seamanship by Austin Melvin Knight (1910)
"A square- rigger before the wind is as manageable and comfortable as on any other
point of sailing, but the fore-and-after, if there is any sea running, ..."
4. Longfellow's Country by Helen Archibald Clarke (1909)
"An occasional "square-rigger" comes sailing into port now to remind one of the
days when Gloucester had ships and barques, brigs and schooners running to ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1903)
"The square-rigger holds, with good reason, that his craft is the better of the
two with a fair wind. The fore-and-after, with equally good reason, ..."
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