Also 7 -enteen, 9 -antine. [f. BARK sb.2 on the analogy of BRIGANTINE; or perh. an assimilated form of Sp. bergantine ‘small ship, brigandine’ (Minsheu).]
A small bark; spec. in mod. use: A vessel somewhat similar to a bark, having the fore-mast square-rigged, and the main- and mizen-masts fore- and aft-rigged.
1693. Col. Rec. Penn., I. 379. Having Sailled from Barbadoes in the barkenteen Ann.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Barkantine or Barquantine, a name applied on the great lakes of North America to a vessel, etc.
1881. Leeds Merc., 5 Feb., 2/6. The supposed figure-head … was landed … from the barquentine Girl of Devon.
