BARKENTINE


Meaning of BARKENTINE in English

/bahr"keuhn teen'/ , n. Naut.

a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.

Also, barkantine, barquentine, barquantine .

[ 1685-95, Amer.; BARK 3 + (BRIG)ANTINE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .