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barkantine

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context sailing English) (alternative spelling of barquentine English)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See Bark , n., a vessel.] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine , barkantine , etc.] See Illust. in Append.

Usage examples of barkantine.

To these may be added one barkantine, the Horace Beals, of 3 guns and 296 tons, employed in the Western Gulf Squadron.