| 单词 | jackass brig |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjackass brig jackass brig n. now historical a sailing vessel similar to a brig (brig n.3 a(b)) and a brigantine (brigantine n. 3) but rigged slightly differently; esp. a two-masted vessel having only a square topsail and topgallant sail on an otherwise fore-and-aft rigged mainmast; cf. jackass rig n., jackass rigged adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > combining qualities of two types > brig or brigantine vergantine1578 demi-galliot1632 brigantine1695 brig1720 cutter-brig1805 collier-brig1853 jackass brig1878 1878 E. V. Kenealy Trial Sir Roger Tichborne VI. 174/2 A vessel with square yards upon her mainmast and foremast may not be a brig. She is what sailors call a jackass-brig. 1887 G. Davis Recoll. Sea Wanderer's Life 231 She is what is called a jackass brig. She has one mast square rigged and the other is schooner rigged, with topsail. 1926 Sea Breezes 8 214 There was a jackass brig, no main course, main yard high up, rigged like a topsail schooner on main mast. 2016 J. L. Haley Shores of Tripoli i. 13 Little schooner turned jackass brig she may have been, but she was every inch a fighter and everyone knew it. < as lemmas |
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