brigantine
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views updated May 18 2018brigantine2 †small vessel attending on larger ships XVI; two-masted vessel XVII. — F.
brigantin — It.
brigantino, f.
brigante; see
BRIGAND,
-INE2.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
brigantine
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views updated May 21 2018brig·an·tine / ˈbrigənˌtēn/ •
n. a two-masted sailing ship with a square-rigged foremast and a fore-and-aft-rigged mainmast.
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