Barque
[bɑ:k]
Definition
(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.
(n.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
(n.) Same as 3d Bark, n.
Edited by Katy
Definition
Same as Bark (2).
Typist: Melville
Examples
- Then he sealed it and addressed it to Captain James Calhoun, Barque 'Lone Star,' Savannah, Georgia. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The toilers of the sea ran in and beached their barque. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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