1 butter-rigged | Definition of butter-rigged

butter-rigged

adjective
butt·​er-rigged | \ ˈbÉ™tÉ™(r)¦rigd, -É™tÉ™-\

Definition of butter-rigged

of a topsail schooner
: having the topgallant yard hoist with halyards rather than fixed by lifts

History and Etymology for butter-rigged

butt entry 5 + -er; from the topgallant yard's being butted against the topsail yard when the sails are furled

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