Square-rigged

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Square-rigged \Square"-rigged`\ (skw[^a]r"r[i^]gd`), a. (Naut.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  square-rigged
       adj : rigged with square sails as the principal ones