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
They bent to the oars, and the skiff was driven at speed round the stranded hull of the barquentine.
From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John
He could steer ’er barque or barquentine, An’ make her act jest gran!
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd
His boat then shoved off for the barquentine.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, 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
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