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barquentine

American  
[bahr-kuhn-teen] / ˈbɑr kənˌtin /
Or barquantine

noun

  1. a variant of barkentine.


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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

His boat then shoved off for the barquentine.

From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John

When we came into the square, we saw that cressets, or big flaming port-fires, had been placed along the wharf, to give light to some seamen who were rolling casks to the barquentine.

From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by Masefield, John

There was no running away from the barquentine.

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

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

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