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brigantine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hermaphrodite brig |
| Type of | sailing ship, sailing vessel |
Examples of brigantine
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In this restoration she was rigged as a brigantine by Master Rigger Wally Buchanan.
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The Sultana is used as the original ship, brigantine Geddes, during the reenactment.
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The 2-masted brigantine is thought to have collided with a submerged object.
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They are not to be confused with a brigantine which has different rigging.
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In 1850 the brigantine Juan departed from Carril advertised as a first-class steamer.
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He designed dinghies, brigantine-rigged sailing ships, catamarans and 70-foot powerboats.
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Few days after, the ship sighted a brigantine from the Mariana Islands.
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Commander Clark disregarded this and took the rebels prisoner and the brigantine as prize.
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Brigantine, built for fishing industry and later converted for whaling.
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- Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
- In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.
- 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.
- 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 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
- 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. ...
