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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The Brigantine based Marine Mammal Stranding Center was founded in 1978 and is the sole federally credentialed animal hospital in New Jersey that can handle shore stranded marine mammals and sea turtles.
From Salon • Mar. 31, 2023
Experts said a necropsy showed the 32-foot-long whale found on the shore in Brigantine, which is north of Atlantic City, had been struck by a vessel and suffered “blunt trauma injuries.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 20, 2023
The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, located just north of Atlantic City in Brigantine, responded to the city’s two recent whale deaths.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 9, 2023
Ms. Kennedy, who lives north of Atlantic City in Brigantine, could not be reached for comment.
From New York Times • Jan. 6, 2020
Schooner, or Brigantine, or whatever the dog’s name was, must have come free from her lead, because she bolted upstairs from the kitchen, barking wildly.
From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick
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