brigantine
a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails.
Origin of brigantine
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How to use brigantine in a sentence
He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.
The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2 | Egerton RyersonThe crew of the prize came up and manned their guns, and between us we engaged the brigantine and carried her by boarding.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyLater on engaged a pirate brigantine, the Agile, of ten guns, which had just captured a Spanish merchantman.
A Roving Commission | G. A. HentyThe remnant was crowded into a single small, unseaworthy brigantine under the command of Francisco Pizarro.
South American Fights and Fighters | Cyrus Townsend BradyBut it grew steadily larger, and when about three miles on our port bow I saw that the ship was a brigantine.
Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill
British Dictionary definitions for brigantine
/ (ˈbrɪɡənˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) /
a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
Origin of brigantine
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