square-rigged

See also: square rigged

English

Adjective

square-rigged (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a ship) Having (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel.
2. Smartly dressed.
   • 1979, Joseph Hayes, Island on Fire: A True Saga, page 231:

     A handsome square-rigged fellow in a double-breasted blue uniform, not burnt, stood at her shoulder.

Antonyms

• fore-and-aft-rigged

Derived terms

• square-rigger

Translations

having square sails

• Finnish: raakatakiloitu
• Italian: a vela quadra

See also

• gaff-rigged