de Horseyn.
Nautical.
Used to designate a rig for a cutter or launch consisting of a triangular or jib-headed foresail and a gaff mainsail.
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1905 Man. 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.
Derivatives
de Horsey-rigged adj.
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1923 ‘Bartimeus’ Seaways xii. 211 She's de Horsey-rigged and is propelled by oars in the absence of a suitable wind.
1953 J. Masefield Conway (rev. ed.) iv. 249 The De Horsey-rigged cutters and sloop-rigged dinghies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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