rigger
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8.2
- noun
- /ˈrɪɡər/
- Specialized
:
buque aparejado
- Eighty years before that, an English ancestor left Liverpool for Pennsylvania in the square-rigger.
- square rigger
- masted rigger
- built rigger
Examples
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She could swear it had been a square-rigger.
Fiction book (1994) -
The crew aboard the square rigger worked tirelessly to adjust the sails as the storm approached.
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During the festival, visitors admired the historic square rigger that had been meticulously restored over the years.
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In his book, the author describes the journey of a young sailor aboard a traditional square rigger navigating the open sea.
Synonyms
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1.1
A small boat that moves by wind using sails
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2.9
A large ship moved by sails, usually with more than one mast
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8.1
A small sailing boat with one mast
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9.9
A large sailing ship with several masts and square sails
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9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
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9.9
A small fishing boat with sails that slant
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.9
A ship with large square sails hung on horizontal bars across the masts
- Specialized
A long thin paint brush used for painting very fine lines like the ropes on a ship
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rigger can also name a ship because rig means the arrangement of masts and sails. So a 'square rigger' is a ship named for its kind of rigging, which is why the word can mean a sailing vessel with a certain rig.