brigantine
English
a brigantine rigged vessel
Etymology 1
1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigare (“to fight”).
Noun
brigantine (plural brigantines)
- (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Synonyms
- hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)
Translations
square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel
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Etymology 2
Variant forms.
French
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Further reading
- “brigantine” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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