BARQUE

bark, barque

(noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

barque (plural barques)

A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged

(archaic) any small sailing vessel

(poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind

Synonyms

• (small vessel): see boat

Source: Wiktionary

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Bark, Barque, n. Etym: [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]

1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.

2. (Naut.)

Definition: A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.

Barque, n.

Definition: Same as 3d Bark, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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