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barkentine definition

☆ bark·en·tine (bär′kən tēn′)

noun

a sailing vessel with its foremast square-rigged and its two other masts rigged fore and aft

Etymology: < bark, modeled on brigantine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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