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brigantine
[ brig-uhn-teen, -tahyn ]
noun
, Nautical.
- a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails.
brigantine
/ -ˌtaɪn; ˈbrɪɡənˌtiːn /
noun
- a two-masted sailing ship, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft with square topsails on the mainmast
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brigantine1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brigantine1
C16: from Old Italian brigantino pirate ship, from brigante brigand
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Example Sentences
He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.
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The crew of the prize came up and manned their guns, and between us we engaged the brigantine and carried her by boarding.
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Later on engaged a pirate brigantine, the Agile, of ten guns, which had just captured a Spanish merchantman.
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The remnant was crowded into a single small, unseaworthy brigantine under the command of Francisco Pizarro.
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But it grew steadily larger, and when about three miles on our port bow I saw that the ship was a brigantine.
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