Barkentine Definition

bärkəntēn
noun
A sailing ship with from three to five masts of which only the foremast is square-rigged, the others being fore-and-aft rigged.
American Heritage
A sailing vessel with its foremast square-rigged and its two other masts rigged fore and aft.
Webster's New World

(sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine.

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Other Word Forms of Barkentine

Noun

Singular:
barkentine
Plural:
barkentines

Origin of Barkentine

  • Probably bark (brig)antine

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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