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
Cynthia, with Robert Brook to look after her, was put ashore on Yarmouth pier; and the barquentine dipped her flag and steamed on to the Needles and the open sea on its three years' voyage.
From The Turnstile by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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 John Finnemore
"Well, I'll tell you," retorted Jim, with an indescribable twinkle: "you just meet me on the ballast, and we'll make it a barquentine."
From The Wrecker by Robert Louis Stevenson
As I started from the landing place I looked back at the barquentine, where I had had so many adventures.
From Martin Hyde, the Duke's Messenger by John Masefield
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