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Webster 1913 Edition
Barque
1.
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.
Byron.
2.
(Naut.)
A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
Webster 1828 Edition
Barque
BARQUE
,Noun.
Water-barks, in Holland, are small vessels, for conveying fresh water from place to place, the hold of which is filled with water.
Definition 2024
barque
barque
English
A late development of the barque
Alternative forms
Noun
barque (plural barques)
- A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
- 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
- On being told, however, that the Norwegian barque Daphne was about to leave An-peng for Tamsui, I had my things taken on board, and we set sail a few hours later.
- 1873 (published 1889, 1996), William Campbell, An Account of Missionary Success in the Island of Formosa, SMC Publishing Inc., page 279
- (archaic) any small sailing vessel
- (poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind
- 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
- Barque of phosphor
On the palmy beach…
- Barque of phosphor
- 1922 (first published 1923-09-07), Wallace Stevens, Fabliau of Florida, from collection Harmonium:
Synonyms
- (small vessel): see boat
Translations
sailing vessel, all masts but sternmost square-rigged
archaic, any small sailing vessel
poetic, any sailing vessel or boat
