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full-rigged

full-rigged adjective: of a sailing ship, having at least three square-rigged masts, each mast being in at least three segments; having a ship rig sail plan.

Adjective

full-rigged (not comparable)

  1. Of a sailing ship, having at least three square-rigged masts, each mast being in at least three segments; having a ship rig sail plan.

Forms of full-rigged

alternative formfully rigged
alternative formfully-rigged

Questions about full-rigged

What does full-rigged mean?
Full-rigged means of a sailing ship, having at least three square-rigged masts, each mast being in at least three segments; having a ship rig sail plan.
What part of speech is full-rigged?
Full-rigged is an adjective.

Words near full-rigged in the dictionary

  1. full-pound
  2. full-pounder
  3. full-pounders
  4. full-powered
  5. full-proof
  6. full-rigged
  7. full-scale
  8. full-service
  9. full-sibling
  10. full-siblings
  11. full-sister

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