barkentine

/ˈbɑːrkənˌtiːn/
noun
  1. A sailing ship with three or more masts, where the front mast is square-rigged and the others are fore-and-aft rigged.
    • The barkentine sailed smoothly across the Atlantic with its unique combination of square and triangular sails.
    • The children watched in awe as the barkentine's crew raised the foremast square sails.
    • In the harbor, an old barkentine was being restored by a team of maritime historians.
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