Obs. rare. [a. older Sp. vergantin (Sp. bergantin, Pg. bergantim) BRIGANTINE.] = BRIGANTINE 1.
1578. T. N[icholas], trans. Conq. W. India, 18. Hee then bought a Carvell and Vergantine.
1648. Gage, West Ind., 38. Hernando Cortez went … from Ihaxcallan to Mexico, to besiege it by land and by water, with Vergantines which for that purpose he had caused to be made.
