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brigantine
This term refers to a specific historical configuration of sailing ships, characterized by a hybrid rigging system. It occupies a middle ground between the heavy, square-rigged ships of war and the more agile, fore-and-aft rigged coastal vessels, making it a hallmark of 18th and 19th-century maritime trade and piracy.
In modern usage, the word is almost exclusively found in historical novels, nautical museums, or maritime history texts. It is rarely used in contemporary nautical contexts unless referring to a replica vessel or a specific historical classification of ship architecture.
Meanings
Examples
The small brigantine cut through the choppy waters of the Caribbean.
A brigantine is faster and more maneuverable than a heavy galleon.
We need a brigantine if we want to outrun the naval blockade.
The captain ordered the crew to hoist the sails of the brigantine.
I wonder if a brigantine could survive a storm of this magnitude.
The pirate crew preferred a brigantine for its speed and agility.
The silhouette of a lone brigantine appeared on the horizon at dawn.