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| bark3 |
a sailing ship with between three and five masts, all but one of which are square-rigged. |
| barkentine |
a ship with three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast, and fore-and-aft rigged on the others. |
| brig |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails. [1/2 definitions] |
| brigantine |
a two-masted sailing vessel with square-rigged sails on the front mast and a fore-and-aft mainsail. |
| foresail |
the principal sail hung on the forward mast or stay, such as the lowermost square sail on a square-rigged ship, or the jib on a cutter. |
| maintop |
the platform positioned at the head of the mainmast on a square-rigged sailing vessel. |
| skysail |
the uppermost sail on the mainmast of a square-rigged ship. |
| square-rigger |
a square-rigged sailing ship. |
| topgallant |
of, pertaining to, or designating the mast, and any sail attached to it, that is situated above the topmast on a square-rigged ship. [1/2 definitions] |
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