Barkentine
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Barkentine is a noun meaning (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine.
Meaning
(sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine.
Example Sentences
There was a barkentine in Halifax harbor. That was a thing worth looking at in the year 1933.
She is passenger on the square-rigged barkentine Speedwell, now lying off the coast of Virginia.
The William Olsen, a San Francisco barkentine, kedged out into the lagoon as fast as possible, and through the tearing sheets of rain I glimpsed other vessels reaching for a holding-ground.
Word Forms
- barkentines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include masted, barkantine, barquentine, bark, brigantine, barquette.
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