barque

barque
n.
1 a sailing-ship with the rear mast fore-and-aft-rigged and the remaining (usu. two) masts square-rigged.
2 poet. any boat.
Etymology: ME f. F prob. f. Prov. barca f. L barca ship's boat

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barque «bahrk», noun.
1. a boat; ship.
2. a ship with three masts. Also, bark.

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[bärk]
n. variant spelling of bark III
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, probably from Provençal barca, from late Latin barca ‘ship's boat’

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bark ————————
variant spelling of bark, 4

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barque [barque barques] [bɑːk] [bɑːrk] noun
a sailing ship with three or more ↑masts (= posts that support the sails)
 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, probably from Provençal barca, from late Latin barca ‘ship's boat’.

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barque
(bɑːk)
Variant of bark n.2

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