jackass bark

jackass bark
noun
1. : a 3-masted ship square-rigged on the foremast, setting square topsails and topgallant sails over a fore-and-aft mainsail, and fore-and-aft rigged on the mizzen
2. : a 4-masted ship square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and gaff-rigged on the mizzen and jiggermast
3. : a sailing ship with three or more masts and a combination of gaffsails and square sails in addition to complete square rig on its foremast

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Naut.
1. a barkentine square-rigged on the mainmast above a gaff mainsail.
2. Also called four-masted brig. a sailing ship having four or more masts, the foremast and mainmast being wholly square-rigged, the others being fore-and-aft-rigged.
3. any sailing ship of three or more masts carrying an otherwise nameless rig.
[1860-65]

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