barque

English

A late development of the barque

Etymology

Possibly cognate with Spanish barco

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɑː(r)k/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k
• Homophone: bark

Noun

barque (plural barques)

1. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
   • 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279

     On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.

2. (archaic) any small sailing vessel
3. (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
   • 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:

     Barque of phosphor
     On the palmy beach…

Synonyms

• (small vessel): see boat

Alternative forms

• bark (only as sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged)

Translations

sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged

Dutch: zeilboot (nl) m., bark (nl) m. Finnish: parkki (fi)

French: barque (fr) f. Spanish: barco (es) m.

archaic, any small sailing vessel

Dutch: zeilbootje (nl) m., bark (nl) m., schuit (nl) m.

Finnish: pursi (fi)

poetic, any sailing vessel or boat

Dutch: zeilboot (nl) m., schuit (nl) m.

Finnish: pursi (fi), venho (fi) Luxembourgish: Naachen (lb) m.

See also

• Barque on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

barque

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian barca.

Pronunciation

• barque

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Noun

barque f. (plural barques, diminutive barquette)

1. small boat

Anagrams

• braque, braqué