barque
Americannoun
noun
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a sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft
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poetic any boat, esp a small sailing vessel
Etymology
Origin of barque
C15: from Old French, from Old Provençal barca , from Late Latin, of unknown origin
Example Sentences
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Recently, a team of marine archaeologists announced that it had located the long-sought wreck of his famous ship, Endurance, a three-masted schooner barque that sank off Antarctica more than a century ago.
From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2022
The Peter Iredale was a steel barque with four masts.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2017
To train sailors in the ways of the sea a magnificent barque was commissioned - the flagship of the training fleet.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2015
Nevertheless, I always knew that the Lord is in the barque, that the barque of the church is not mine, not ours, but his - and he shall not let her sink.
From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2013
It was almost full dark, but the moon-god Thoth’s heavenly barque, which revealed its high-prowed boat shape clearly these nights of its waning, was beginning to shed a gentle radiance over the littered pavement.
From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw
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