n.
Variant: or barque
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French barque, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin
Date: 15th century
1 a : a small sailing ship b : a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged
2 : a craft propelled by sails or oars