BARQUES

Noun

barques

plural of barque

Anagrams

• brasque

Source: Wiktionary


BARQUE

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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