Barque

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It.
     barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See {Barge}.]
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     1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing
        smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied
        poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.


        --Byron.
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     2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and
        mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast
        schooner-rigged.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Barque \Barque\, n.
     Same as 3d {Bark}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  barque
       n : a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: {bark}]