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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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