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SQUARE RIGGED SAILING VESSEL [1 record]

Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Outfitting of Ships
OBS

square-rigged: having the yards and sails placed across the masts ...

OBS

square-rigged sailing vessel; square-rigged vessel; square rigged vessel: not to be confused with a full-rigged sailing vessel, which is square-rigged, but has at least three masts while a square-rigged sailing vessel can have fewer than three masts.

Key term(s)
  • square rigged sailing vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Armement et gréement
CONT

Ajoutée sur le mât d'artimon des navires à gréement carré, [la voile de type aurique] permit une meilleure remontée au vent de ces derniers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Equipo y aparejos (Transporte por agua)
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