BARK; BARQUE

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.

2.
n.

A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.


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