brigantine
a brigantine rigged vessel
Meaning
Noun
- a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
- Alternative of brigandine
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Origin
- 1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante ("skirmisher, pirate, brigand"), from Latin brigare ("to fight").
- Variant forms.
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