barkentine

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barkentine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Barkentine \Bark"en*tine\, n. [See Bark, n., a vessel.]
     (Naut.)
     A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and
     the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine,
     barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append.
     [1913 Webster]