barkentine

American

[bahr-kuhn-teen] / ˈbɑr kənˌtin /

Or barkantine,

noun

Nautical.

a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.

barkentine British

/ ˈbɑːkənˌtiːn /

noun

British spellings: barquentine, barquantine. a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others

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Etymology

Origin of barkentine

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95; bark ³ + (brig)antine

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And by the way, Capitana is now a barkentine, not a ketch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also among the ships will be the graceful four-masted Chilean barkentine Esmeralda, a naval trainer once known, among other things, as "the National Pride."

From Time Magazine Archive

She was a barkentine of 295 tons, named for a headland in Tasmania, and she was rotting at a stone quay in St. Malo when Adrian Seligman found her.

From Time Magazine Archive

Biggest bargain was the 597-ton Diesel-powered barkentine Intrepid, now the Navy's training ship Sylph.

From Time Magazine Archive

With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong

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