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barque

[bahrk]
noun
bark3.
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barque or esp (US) bark (bɑːk)
 
n
1.  a sailing ship of three or more masts having the foremasts rigged square and the aftermast rigged fore-and-aft
2.  poetic any boat, esp a small sailing vessel
 
[C15: from Old French, from Old Provençal barca, from Late Latin, of unknown origin]
 
bark or esp (US) bark
 
n
 
[C15: from Old French, from Old Provençal barca, from Late Latin, of unknown origin]

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barque
variant of bark (n.2).
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barque

sailing ship of three or more masts, the rear (mizzenmast) being rigged for a fore-and-aft rather than a square sail. Until fore-and-aft rigs were applied to large ships to reduce crew sizes, the term was often used for any small sailing vessel. In poetic use, a bark can be any sailing ship or boat.

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