brigantine
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English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from M.French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin brigare to fight.
Noun [edit]
brigantine (plural brigantines)
- (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast
Synonyms [edit]
- hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)
Translations [edit]
square-rigged foremast with main mast rigged fore-and-aft, sailing vessel
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Etymology 2 [edit]
Variant forms.
Noun [edit]
brigantine (plural brigantines)
- Alternative form of brigandine.
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
brigantine f (plural brigantines)
- trapeze-shaped type of sail
References [edit]
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
