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square rig (maritime) | Wisconsin Historical Society

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square rig (maritime)

square rig (maritime) | Wisconsin Historical Society

A sailing-ship rig with rectangular sails set approximately at right angles to the keel line from horizontal yards.

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[Source: "Glossary." Wisconsin's Great Lakes Shipwrecks (http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/)]