Crossword clues for brigantine
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brigandine \Brig"an*dine\, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It.
brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See Brigand.]
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or
plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal,
and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the
Middle Ages. [Written also brigantine.]
--Jer. xlvi. 4.
Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet,
And brigandine of brass.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small two-masted ship," 1520s, from Middle French brigandin (15c.), from Italian brigantino, perhaps "skirmishing vessel, pirate ship," from brigante "skirmisher, pirate, brigand" from brigare "fight" (see brigade).
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. (context nautical English) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast. Etymology 2
n. (alternative form of brigandine English)
WordNet
n. two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: hermaphrodite brig]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 9304
Land area (2000): 6.428760 sq. miles (16.650411 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.357398 sq. miles (8.695620 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 9.786158 sq. miles (25.346031 sq. km)
FIPS code: 07810
Located within: New Jersey (NJ), FIPS 34
Location: 39.402150 N, 74.379074 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 08203
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Brigantine
Wikipedia
The brigantine was a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast). The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.
Modern American definitions include vessels without the square sails on the main mast.
Usage examples of "brigantine".
The vessel in which they sailed was a brigantine of good size and build, but manned by a considerable crew, the most strange and outlandish in their appearance that Barnaby had ever beheld--some white, some yellow, some black, and all tricked out with gay colors, and gold earrings in their ears, and some with great long mustachios, and others with handkerchiefs tied around their heads, and all talking a language together of which Barnaby True could understand not a single word, but which might have been Portuguese from one or two phrases he caught.
You may guess how amazed was Barnaby True when, coming upon deck one morning, he found the brigantine riding upon an even keel, at anchor off Staten Island, a small village on the shore, and the well- known roofs and chimneys of New York town in plain sight across the water.
All that day there was a deal of mysterious coming and going aboard the brigantine, and in the afternoon a sailboat went up to the town, carrying the captain, and a great load covered over with a tarpaulin in the stern.
The yawlboat belonging to the brigantine was ready and waiting alongside when they came upon deck, and immediately they descended to it and took their seats.
So they landed, and in a little while were walking up the village street in the darkness, she clinging to his arm as though she would swoon, and the captain of the brigantine and two other men from aboard following after them.
He immediately conducted them into the house, where, his wife having fetched a candle, and two others of the village folk being present, the good man having asked several questions as to their names and their age and where they were from, the ceremony was performed, and the certificate duly signed by those present-- excepting the men who had come ashore from the brigantine, and who refused to set their hands to any paper.
As they sped away through the darkness they could hear the creaking of the sails being hoisted aboard of the brigantine, and so knew that she was about to put to sea once more.
We gave particular instructions to the captain of the brigantine, and when all was ready, the General and I, with our respective servants, got into the boat, and were slowly rowed towards the shore.
My instructions to the captain were attended to with the most perfect accuracy, for scarcely had my foot indented the sand when the four sixpounders of the brigantine quite gravely rolled out their brute thunder.
He wanted to have news before going to dine, and he sent an armed brigantine that left very swiftly and then returned.
The King of Sicily then prepared a brigantine to go to the mainland with the letters.
When the brigantine was ready to depart, the king pretended he was going on it, and he had the news spread that he was going to Rome to talk to the Pope.
In addition, they armed a brigantine and sent it to Tirant to warn him that the Turk and the sultan had laid siege to the city of Constantinople.
The brigantine left very secretly and steered for Sicily, and it had such favorable weather that in a few days it reached the port of Palermo.
A brigantine picked him up, and at night they put him ashore a league from the Moorish camp that was laying siege to the city of Constantinople.