Barkantine


a sailing vessel having three or more masts, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the other masts.
historical examples

the sail was a barkantine, three points on the weather bow, hull down.
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noun
(us & canadian) a sailing ship of three or more masts rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the others british spellings barquentine, barquantine

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