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
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 John Finnemore
She is barquentine rigged, and has triple-expansion engines giving her a speed under steam of nine to ten knots.
From South: the story of Shackleton's 1914-1917 expedition by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
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 John Masefield
"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
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