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verb • To remove the rigging from (a vessel, etc.). • To disable. • To undress (someone). | ||||||||
32% | 5 | Take down the sails or spars of a ship | ||||||
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28% | 11 | A ship with fore-and-aft rigged sails on the two forward masts and square rigged sails on the others | ||||||
noun • A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast | ||||||||
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