Back بريجانتين Arabic Bergantín AST Брыганціна Byelorussian Бригантина Bulgarian Brigantin BS بریجانتین CKB Brigantina Czech Brigantin Welsh Brigantine Danish Brigantine (Schiffstyp) German
| Brigantine | |
|---|---|
 Brigantine Experiment of Newburyport, 114 tons, built at Amesbury in 1803 | |
| Type | Sailing rig |
| Place of origin | Atlantic maritime nations |
A brigantine is a two-masted sailing vessel with a fully square-rigged foremast and at least two sails on the main mast: a square topsail and a gaff sail mainsail (behind the mast).[1] The main mast is the second and taller of the two masts.
Older usages are looser; in addition to the rigorous definition above (attested from 1695[citation needed]), the Oxford English Dictionary includes two c. 1525 definitions: "a small vessel equipped both for sailing and rowing, swifter and more easily manœuvred than larger ships" and "(loosely) various kinds of foreign sailing and rowing vessels, as the galleon, galliot, etc."[2]
Modern American definitions include vessels without any square sail(s) on the main mast.
- ^ Sandström, Fredrik (2000). "Brigantine (Archived copy)". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
- ^ "brigantine". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)