meaning of barque9
1. Same as 3d Bark, n.
2. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc. ; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
3. A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
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