jackass bark


nounNautical.
  1. a barkentine square-rigged on the mainmast above a gaff mainsail.

  2. Also called four-masted brig. a sailing ship having four or more masts, the foremast and mainmast being wholly square-rigged, the others being fore-and-aft-rigged.

  1. any sailing ship of three or more masts carrying an otherwise nameless rig.

Origin of jackass bark

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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