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square-sterned, a.
[square a. 13.]
Of vessels: Having a square stern (see quot. c 1850).
1676Lond. Gaz. No. 1130/4 St Teresa of Dunkirk, Burthen 20 Tuns,..a square stern'd Sloop with a Deck. 1690Ibid. No. 2562/4 The Ship Delight, English Built, Square-sterned, 130 Tuns. 1769Falconer Dict. Marine (1780), Bastardes, or Batardelles, square-sterned row-gallies. 1791W. Hutchinson Pract. Seamanship 27 As square sterned ships..are found to answer all trades and purposes better than round or pink sterned ships. c1850Rudim. Navig. (Weale) 151 Square-sterned, a term applied to ships whose wing transom is at right angles, or nearly at right angles, with the stern-post... All British ships are now built upon this principle. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 648 Square-Sterned and British Built, a phrase to express the peculiar excellence of our first-class merchantmen. |