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Barque vs Brigantine - What's the difference?

barque | brigantine |

As nouns the difference between barque and brigantine

is that barque is a sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged while brigantine is a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

barque

English

Alternative forms

* bark

Noun

(en noun)
  • A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
  • * 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa , SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
    • On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
  • (archaic) any small sailing vessel
  • (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
  • * 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), of Florida'', from collection ''[[w:Harmonium (poetry collection), Harmonium :
    • Barque of phosphor
    On the palmy beach…

    Synonyms

    * (small vessel ): see boat

    See also

    * ("barque" on Wikipedia) ----

    brigantine

    English

    (wikipedia brigantine)

    Etymology 1

    1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns'', from (etyl) ''brigandin'', probably from Italian ''brigante'' - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin ''brigare to fight.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    • Synonyms
    * hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial )

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
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