barque, barquentine
variant spellings of bark entry 5, barkentine
1a
: a small sailing ship
b
: a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged
2
: a craft propelled by sails or oars
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“Barque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barque. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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