barque
A late development of the barque
Meaning
Noun
- A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
- any small sailing vessel
- a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
Related
Similar words
- (small vessel): see boat
Origin
- From Middle English barke ("boat"), borrowed from Middle French barque, itself borrowed from Italian barca or a Medieval Latin equivalent, from Late Latin barca, from Vulgar Latin, from Ancient Greek βᾶρις 'Egyptian boat', from Coptic ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ ("small boat"), from Egyptian bꜣjr ("transport ship, type of fish"),
b-bA-A-y:r*Z1-P1 bark and barge. Possibly cognate with Spanish barco.
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