Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail, often with square main topsails.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both masts, but with a fore-and-aft mainsail and the mainmast considerably longer than the foremast.
- noun A robber.
- noun Robbery.
- noun Same as
brigandine . - noun A quarter-galley, known for its delicate lines, swiftness, and quick handling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A practical vessel.
- noun A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.
- noun See
Brigandine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
brigandine . - noun nautical a
two -masted vessel ,square-rigged on theforemast , butfore-and-aft-rigged on themainmast
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But I found out that the vessel was not exactly a ship after all, but a sort of half schooner, half brig, -- what they call a brigantine, having two masts, a mainmast and a foremast.
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In a later chapter an attempt has been made to place before the reader pictures of the galley, the galeasse, and the nef, which were the names attached to the ships then in use; the name brigantine, far from having the significance attached to it by the sailor of the present day, seems to have been a generic term to denote any craft not included in the names already given.
Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey
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Wreck exposed by Cyclone Yasi identified A SHIPWRECK exposed when Cyclone Yasi hit north Queensland has been identified as the brigantine Belle, lost in 1880.
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I recall a brigantine coming into Leith when I was a child and there can't have been more than three men alive on her, and they were near death's door.
Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2000
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The brigantine was a relic of an ancient period of shipbuilding, and her main cabin fitted her excellently.
Gold Out of Celebes Aylward Edward Dingle
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Still in chase of the brigantine, which is making for the land.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various
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Yet I had heard of vessels thus modelled for the sake of securing speed, and fitted with a very deep keel to ensure weatherliness, where light draught of water was not a consideration; and it remained to be seen whether the brigantine was a craft of this class.
A Middy of the King A Romance of the Old British Navy Harry Collingwood 1886
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The brigantine was the _Maori Maid_ of Auckland, Captain Heselton, and the supercargo was young Robert Flemming.
The Flemmings And "Flash Harry" Of Savait From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884
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In short, a brigantine is a mixed vessel, being a brig forward and a sloop aft.
Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships R. [Illustrator] Richardson 1859
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It is true the brigantine was a very beautiful, as well as an exceedingly swift vessel; but all this was lost on Rose, who would have admired a horse-jockey bound to the West Indies, in this the incipient state of her nautical knowledge.
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