bar·ken·tine also bar·quen·tine (bär
k
n-t
n
)n.
A sailing ship with from three to five masts of which only the foremast is square-rigged, the others being fore-and-aft rigged.
[Probably bark + (brig)antine.]
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Yet I know that I arrived this very morning from China, with a quick passage to my credit, and master of the barkentine Harvester.Tales of the Fish Patrol by London, Jack
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