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BARQUE
bark, barque
(noun) a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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
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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