brigantine
Americannoun
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a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails.
noun
Etymology
Origin of brigantine
1515–25; < Medieval Latin brigantinus or Old Italian brigantino, originally, armed escort ship ( see brigand, -ine 2); replacing brigandyn < Middle French brigandin
Example Sentences
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To this day, what turned that brigantine into a ghost ship remains a maritime mystery.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2014
What prompted him to suppose the ship was a brigantine were its overall dimensions, he said.
From New York Times ● Jul. 29, 2010
His first command was a brigantine, which he sailed to Tahiti.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite sleet and freezing drizzle, some 10,000 spectators watched at Griffin's Wharf while history buffs crept aboard the 97-ft. brigantine Beaver II, a replica of one of the three ships sacked in 1773.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a morning in mid-April, 1687, the brigantine Dolphin left the open sea, sailed briskly across the Sound to the wide mouth of the Connecticut River and into Saybrook harbor.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
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