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Meanings of brigantine in English
Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast.
Usage of brigantine in English
1
The change in the wind was altogether in favor of the brigantine.
2
The jibs, the brigantine, the fore-staff, and the stay-sails are easily managed.
3
The boat still gaining on the brigantine, the muskets were again reloaded.
4
Edge her in, Hawkins, until you are dead astern of the brigantine.
5
The brigantine was already making sail even as the boat went alongside.
6
By their exertions the brigantine was at length almost freed from water.
7
It did, in the shape of a brigantine from Elba bound for Corfu.
8
The cry was taken up by the rest, and the brigantine was won.
9
Her imagination pictured a scuttled brigantine lying in the frozen stream.
10
In the afternoon, gave chase and showed English colours to a Portuguese brigantine.
11
On the 14th the same misfortune befell an American brigantine and a schooner.
12
But another glimpse at the spars of the brigantine caused him to waver.
13
Getting outside, we saw the brigantine lying directly in our course.
14
All this time, the brigantine, in the Cove, lay quietly at her anchor.
15
And, Drake, we shall see the brigantine back in three days.
16
Two hours produced a sensible change in and around that brigantine.
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