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Square-Rigged
Webster's Dictionary
(a.) Having the sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Square-Rigged'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/square-rigged.html. 1828.