barquentine

American  

[bahr-kuhn-teen] / ˈbɑr kənˌtin /

Or barquantine

noun

1. a variant of barkentine.

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barquentine British  

/ ˈbɑːkənˌtiːn /

noun

1. Usual US and Canadian spelling: barkentine.  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 barquentine

C17: from _barque + ( _brig ) _antine

Example Sentences

Feeling the need for new perspectives on life, I applied – and in early June joined 28 other participants, plus guides and crew, on the three-masted barquentine Antigua.

From The Guardian • Jul. 28, 2018

"Well, I'll tell you," retorted Jim, with an indescribable twinkle: "you just meet me on the ballast, and we'll make it a barquentine."

From The Wrecker by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Cynthia, with Robert Brook to look after her, was put ashore on Yarmouth pier; and the barquentine dipped her flag and steamed on to the Needles and the open sea on its three years' voyage.

From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

He heard movements on board the barquentine, and he sculled a few swift strokes which sent him forward under the thick shadow of her broad stern, where he checked her way again.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

Chippy checked his way, and the two boats floated side by side on the quiet, dark backwater, with the hull of the deserted barquentine towering above them against the sky.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John