Brigantine
WordNet
noun
(1) Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
WiktionaryText
Etymology 1
1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from M.French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin brigare to fight.
Noun
- a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
Noun
- Light body armor consisting of rings or small thin plates of iron sewn to an under layer of leather, linen, or canvas and covered by similar material. Originally in two parts, a pair of brigandines.
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