jackass brig
jackass n The type of two-masted craft on whose mainmast upper square sails would be fitted temporarily, to make a jackass brig, was the vessel that regularly was all square-rigged on the foremast and all fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast.They were numerous in the Newfoundland trade.so it appears...
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1961
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/37667 |
| Summary: | jackass n The type of two-masted craft on whose mainmast upper square sails would be fitted temporarily, to make a jackass brig, was the vessel that regularly was all square-rigged on the foremast and all fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast.They were numerous in the Newfoundland trade.so it appears to me that we got into the habit, per- haps from about 1850 onwards, of miscalling them by the name of brig- antine. (N.C.Crewe) PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G.M.Story May 1961 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I jackass brig; BEAVER1: BEAVER HAT MAN. Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 07 Apr 2015; Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 06 Jul 2015 |
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