barkentine

American  

[bahr-kuhn-teen] / ˈbɑr kənˌtin /

Or barkantine,

noun

Nautical.

1. a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.

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barkentine British  

/ ˈbɑːkənˌtiːn /

noun

1. British spellings: barquentine.   barquantine.  a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others

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Etymology

Origin of barkentine

An Americanism dating back to 1685–95; bark ³ + (brig)antine

Example Sentences

Down below was a little grey barkentine plowing through the water with all sails set: the German naval training ship Niobe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Biggest bargain was the 597-ton Diesel-powered barkentine Intrepid, now the Navy's training ship Sylph.

From Time Magazine Archive

The oldest is the American barkentine Gazela Primeiro, built in 1883 as a fishing vessel and now owned by the Philadelphia Maritime Museum.

From Time Magazine Archive

The square-rigged auxiliary barkentine Sea Cloud, in time of peace, supplied Mr. & Mrs. Joseph E. Davies with the kind of transportation they liked best.

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With this bankroll, he was able to purchase and outfit a three-masted, coal-powered barkentine called Polaris from a Norwegian firm that specialized in polar vessels.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong