fully-rigged

Every mast equipped

A fully-rigged ship is a sailing vessel with three or more masts, all carrying square sails.

The term distinguishes such ships from those with fore-and-aft rigging or mixed configurations.

By extension, fully-rigged describes anything completely equipped or outfitted: a fully-rigged expedition, a fully-rigged kitchen.

spars

mainmast

Ship's central vertical spar

yardarm · gaff · boom · topmast · crosstrees · tops · spreaders

vessels

clipper

Fast ship or trimmer

frigate · brigantine · windjammer · galleon · carrack · merchantman · whaler · privateer · square-rigger

sails

topsail

Sail above another sail

course · spanker · staysail · jib · moonraker · spritsail · lateen · fore-and-aft · canvas · furling

rigging

masts

Upright ship poles

stays · halyard · backstays · braces · ratlines · deadeyes · blocks · tackle · cordage · hemp

heritage

maritime

Of the sea

Victory · Constitution · wooden · traditional · classic · historic · seamanship

Opposites
completeness of rigging/equipment

fully-riggedunrigged

Had equipment removed

dismasted · stripped · jury-rigged · decommissioned · laid up

sail configuration type

fully-riggedgaff-rigged

Sail hung from spar

sail propulsion type

fully-riggedsteam-powered

Operated by heated vapor

motorized · engineless · unpowered

Family

full, fully, rigged, rigging, rigs, fullness, fuller, fullest

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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