Green’s Dictionary of Slang

square-rigged adj.

[naut. jargon]

well-dressed, smart, respectable.

[UK]Hotten Dict. of Modern Sl. etc.
[UK](con. 1840s–50s) H. Mayhew London Labour and London Poor I 251/1: George and his two fellow-labourers were ‘square-rigged’ – that is, well-dressed.
[UK]Sl. Dict.
[UK]A.N. Lyons Arthur’s 239: ’Twas a great, gentle, square-rigged mariner.
[US]S. Lewis Arrowsmith 154: Robert was a square-rigged, swart, tempestuous boy.