Of a boat, mast, yard, etc.: possessing or used with a triangular sail suspended by a long yard at an angle of about 45 degrees to the mast, as l…

Of a sailing ship: having high rigging.

Of things, as ships (spec. square-riggers), trees, mountains: High, lofty; esp. of things high in proportion to their width, as tall chimney, column…

Of a sailing vessel: having good or correct rigging.

(under-, prefix1 affix 5(a).)

Of a sailing vessel: disproportionately rigged; having an excessive sail area.

attributive and in other combinations, as sloop-broker, sloop load, sloop-man, sloop-model, sloop-rig, sloop-rigged.

In the sense ‘having a four-sided, fore-and-aft sail extended from the mast by a sprit’ (cf. sense 2), as spritsail boat, spritsail dinghy, spritsail…

rigged as a brig.

Nautical. Having the yards and sails placed across the masts in contrast to fore and aft; †having exceptionally long yards (Falconer).

carrying square sails on all three masts.

fitted with a Bermuda rig (see Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda, n. compounds 2b).

Designating a part of a Bermuda rig or a vessel fitted with a Bermuda rig. See Bermuda rig n. at Bermuda, n. compounds 2b.

= hermaphrodite, adj. 4b.

rigged like a barque.

designating a topsail schooner whose topgallant yard is raised and lowered by halyards as required, rather than forming a fixed part of the…

having a configuration of masts, sails, and spars which is reminiscent of, but slightly different to, the usual configuration for a particular type…