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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | © The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea 2006, originally published by Oxford University Press 2006. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

square, the position of the yards when a square-rigged ship is at anchor and set up in harbour trim. The yards are square by the braces when they are at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the ship. They are square by the lifts when they are horizontal.

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