brigantines
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brigantines, plural;
/ˈbrigənˌtēn/,
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brigantines, plural;
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A two-masted sailing ship with a square-rigged foremast and a fore-and-aft-rigged mainmast
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- (brigantine) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- (Brigantine (NJ)) Brigantine is an island city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 12,594.
- (Brigantine) A two-masted vessel, differing from a brig by being only square-rigged forward. In the Cotton MSS. is preserved, under date Sept.18 (13 Henry VIII), an account of Ships of the King's Majesty between Gravesend and Erith. "The Great Henry" is among the number, and
- (Brigantine) A vessel with two or more masts, with fore and aft sails on both masts, normally in the tonnage range of 150 - 250 tons, but some P.E.I. brigantines exceeded 400 tons.
- A brigantine (the shortened expression is brig) is a small vessel equipped both for sailing and rowing, swifter and more easily maneuvered than larger ships, and hence employed for purposes of piracy, espionage, reconnoitering, etc. ...