Definitions for barquentine

barquentine bar·quen·tine

Spelling: [bahr-kuh n-teen]
IPA: /ˈbɑr kənˌtin/

Barquentine is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 26 points.

You can make 591 anagrams from letters in barquentine (abeeinnqrtu).

Definitions for barquentine

noun

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

Origin of barquentine

An Americanism dating back to 1685-95; bark3 + (brig)antine

Examples for barquentine

As I started from the landing place I looked back at the barquentine, where I had had so many adventures.

The only barquentine among the ships lay apart from the others, pointing towards the harbour entrance.

As we meet the fresh breeze at the entrance to the Kattegat, a barquentine, under full sail, glides past us without a sound.

She is barquentine rigged, and has triple-expansion engines giving her a speed under steam of nine to ten knots.

The barquentine's boat was rapidly pulling towards this full-rigged ship, with Captain Barlow sitting in the stern-sheets.

Word Value for barquentine
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Words with friends

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