Bermudian rig
- noun
- Specialized
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vela bermudense
- Most modern sailboats use the Bermudian rig because of its efficiency and ease of handling.
Examples
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The yacht is fitted with a Bermudian rig for optimal performance in racing.
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He learned to sail on small boats with a traditional Bermudian rig.
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The yacht has a Bermudian rig.
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Many sailors prefer a Bermudian rig for its efficiency.
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Most modern sailboats use the Bermudian rig because of its efficiency and ease of handling.
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The yacht is fitted with a Bermudian rig for optimal performance in racing.
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He learned to sail on small boats with a traditional Bermudian rig.
Synonyms
A way of putting triangular sails from front to back on a boat, often on yachts
A sail setup for yachts with triangular sails and a mainsail set behind the mast
A sail setup on a boat with a tall single mast and a triangular mainsail
A sail setup where the main sails run along the boat's length
Surface Forms
Morphology
A B1 learner who knows 'Bermudian' (from Bermuda) and 'rig' (a set of gear or arrangement) can infer that this is a kind of rig associated with Bermuda, so the basic category (a type of rig) is compositional. However, the specific technical sense (triangular fore-and-aft sails, single mast, mainsail) is specialised nautical knowledge and not predictable from the constituents alone, so the expression is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Bermudian rig comes from boats in Bermuda that used a tall triangular sail on a single mast. Because that sail shape and the place were so common, the name now means the 'sail arrangement' with triangular sails set along the boat, used on many modern yachts.
