adj. Organized, serviceable, trained and ready for action
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Arranged in a manner befitting a ship; hence, trim; tidy; orderly.
ad. In a shipshape or seamanlike manner.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In thorough order; well-arranged; hence, neat; trim.
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adj. of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder
Word Usage
"'Frisco Kid went for'ard to help, and together they lowered the mainsail, furled it in shipshape manner and made all fast with the gaskets, and put the crutches under the main-boom."