BRIGANTINE

brigantine, hermaphrodite brig

(noun) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

(nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

Synonyms

• hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

Alternative form of brigandine

Source: Wiktionary


Brig"an*tine, n. Etym: [F. brigantin, fr. It. brigantino, originally, a practical vessel. See Brigand, and cf. Brig]

1. A practical vessel. [Obs.]

2. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.

3. See Brigandine.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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