brigantine

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast

Word Origin

brigantine (n.)
"small two-masted ship," 1520s, from Middle French brigandin (15c.), from Italian brigantino, perhaps "skirmishing vessel, pirate ship," from brigante "skirmisher, pirate, brigand" from brigare "fight" (see brigade).

Example

1. Twin-masted brigantine out of charleston during the civil war .

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