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brigantine

/brig-uhn-teen, -tahyn/US // ˈbrɪg ənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn //UK // (ˈbrɪɡənˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) //

帆船,帆船帆板,旅顺,帆船运动

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Nautical.

    • : a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails.
    • : hermaphrodite brig.

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Examples

  • He therefore judged it necessary to build a brigantine, a radeau, and a sloop of 16 guns.

  • The crew of the prize came up and manned their guns, and between us we engaged the brigantine and carried her by boarding.

  • Later on engaged a pirate brigantine, the Agile, of ten guns, which had just captured a Spanish merchantman.

  • The remnant was crowded into a single small, unseaworthy brigantine under the command of Francisco Pizarro.

  • But it grew steadily larger, and when about three miles on our port bow I saw that the ship was a brigantine.