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Synonyms for brigantine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brig-uh n-teen, -tahyn
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbrɪg ənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn

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Définition of brigantine

Origin :
  • "small two-masted ship," 1520s, from Middle French brigandin (15c.), from Italian brigantino, perhaps "skirmishing vessel, pirate ship," from brigante "skirmisher, pirate, brigand" from brigare "fight" (see brigade).
  • As in sailboat : noun a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth
Example sentences :
  • After luffing to pick him up, the brigantine had been again pulled off on the port tack.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • He must have been ashore when I was on board the brigantine; he certainly wasn't in the cabin.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • "She's a brigantine, Zeb," observed the keeper, handing up the spyglass.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The brigantine was not a Turks Islands boat, but a coaster from Jamaica.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The brigantine then lay to; the two ships remained immovable.
  • Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue
  • Each brig, brigantine, or schooner, carried three or four apprentices.
  • Extract from : « The Shellback's Progress » by Walter Runciman
  • An Indian woman revealed to him a plot to set fire to his brigantine on the stocks.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
  • “A brig or brigantine; a two-masted vessel of some sort,” answered Murray.
  • Extract from : « The Three Midshipmen » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Ship after plundering the Brigantine gave the same to the said Thos.
  • Extract from : « Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period » by Various
  • See Hermaphrodite and Brigantine, by which, term she is at present classed in law.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
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