barque — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged

   Examples

   More examples (1)

   On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.

2. Any small sailing vessel.

   Usage

   • Archaic

3. A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.

   Usage

   • Poetic

   Examples

   Barque of phosphor On the palmy beach…

Noun

1. a sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts

   Synonyms

   bark

   Broader terms

   sailing vesselsailing ship