a sailing vessel with its foremast square-rigged and its two other masts rigged fore and aft
Origin of barkentine; from bark, modeled on brigantine
A sailing ship with from three to five masts of which only the foremast is square-rigged, the others being fore-and-aft rigged.
Origin of barkentineProbably bark3 + (brig)antine.
Chilean barkentine Esmeralda
- (sailing) Alternative spelling of barquentine.