barque

[ bahrk ]

noun

1. a variant of bark ³.

barque

/ bɑːk /

noun

1. a sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft
2. poetic.
   any boat, esp a small sailing vessel

Word History and Origins

Origin of barque¹

C15: from Old French, from Old Provençal barca , from Late Latin, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Divers can explore the wreck of the Zephyr, a wooden barque that sunk just offshore in 1872.

From Seattle Times

Recently, a team of marine archaeologists announced that it had located the long-sought wreck of his famous ship, Endurance, a three-masted schooner barque that sank off Antarctica more than a century ago.

From New York Times

The presence of this barge, known also as a barque, could hint at the northward spread of Mediterranean motifs across Europe in the Bronze Age.

From New York Times

From the very first pages, when the barque Morning Light sets sail from Nova Scotia in 1911, Endicott’s heroine knows she’s in a new world.

From New York Times

“Is it perhaps too wild a stream to be navigated in the accustomed barques of narration?”

From New York Times