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de Horsey Naut.|dəˈhɔːsɪ|
The name of Admiral Sir A. F. R. de Horsey (1827–1922), used to designate a rig for a cutter or launch consisting of a triangular or jib-headed foresail and a gaff mainsail. Hence de Horsey-rigged a.
1905Man. Seamanship iii. 47 Launches and Pinnaces. The de Horsey rig, i.e., one mast, a foresail set on the forestay, and a mainsail bent to a gaff. 1923‘Bartimeus’ Seaways xii. 211 She's de Horsey-rigged and is propelled by oars in the absence of a suitable wind. 1953J. Masefield Conway (rev. ed.) iv. 249 The De Horsey-rigged cutters and sloop-rigged dinghies. |