barquentine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of barquentine
C17: from barque + ( brig ) antine
Example Sentences
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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
At nine o'clock on a morning of July during the next year an auxiliary barquentine of four hundred and fifty tons steamed westward with the tide past the Isle of Wight.
From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)
The barquentine had her sails loosed, but not hoisted.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John
His boat then shoved off for the barquentine.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John
"Owners are rogues, for the most part," commented the Danish barquentine, rubbing against the Touch-me-nots fender as if to nudge her.
From The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
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