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Barkentine
Bark′en-tine
,Noun.
[See , a vessel.]
Bark
, Noun.
(Naut.)
A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged.
[Spelled also
See Illust. in Append. barquentine
, barkantine
, etc.] Definition 2024
barkentine
barkentine
English
Noun
barkentine (plural barkentines)
- (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine
- 1937 August, Theodore G. Roberts, “Lay Aft, Mr. Dutton!”, in Boys' Life, volume 27, number 8, page 16:
- There was a barkentine in Halifax harbor. That was a thing worth looking at in the year 1933.
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