Definition of brigantine Brigantine
brig•an•tine
We found 9 definitions of brigantine from 7 different sources.
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What does brigantine mean?
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NounPlural: brigantines |
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| brigantine - two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast | ||
| hermaphrodite brig | ||
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Wiktionary 
- brigantine (Noun)
A two- masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brigantine (n.)
A practical vessel. - brigantine (n.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail. - brigantine (n.)
See Brigandine.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brigantine
brig′an-tīn, n. a two-masted vessel, with the mainmast of a schooner and the foremast of a brig. [Fr. brigantin—It. brigantine, a pirate ship.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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brigantine
A square-rigged vessel with two masts. A term variously applied by the mariners of different European nations to a peculiar sort of vessel of their own marine. Amongst British seamen this vessel is distinguished by having her main-sail set nearly in the plane of her keel, whereas the main-sails of larger ships are spread athwart the ship's length, and made fast to a yard which hangs parallel to the deck; but in a brig, the foremost side of the main-sail is fastened at different heights to hoops which encircle the main-mast, and slide up and down it as the sail is hoisted or lowered: it is extended by a gaff above and a boom below. Brigantine is a derivative from brig, first applied to passage-boats; in the Celtic meaning "passage over the water." (See HERMAPHRODITE OR BRIG-SCHOONER.)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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brigantine
A coat of mail, consisting of thin, jointed scales of plate, pliant and easy to the body.
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🔤- brigantine, noun, singular of brigantines.
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