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square-rigger

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square-rig·ger (skwârrgr)
n.
A square-rigged vessel.

square-rigger
n
(Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a square-rigged ship
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Noun1.square-rigger - a square-rigged sailing ship
sailing ship, sailing vessel - a vessel that is powered by the wind; often having several masts


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The 180ft square-rigger is expected to arrive in Hartlepool after completing the Tall Ships' Races.
More than 100 ships are expected to compete, ranging from 10 metres in length up to the 40-metres-long classic square-riggers with masts rising a giddying 58 metres.
The last cargo-carrying square-riggers are remembered here, with the Moshulu and Parma, photographed in the 1930s.
 
 
 
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