brigantine Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
    hermaphrodite brig.

WordNet

Brig"an*tine noun
Etymology
F. brigantin, fr. It. brigantino, originally, a practical vessel. See Brigand, and cf. Brig
Definitions
  1. A practical vessel. Obs.
  2. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.
  3. See Brigandine.

Webster 1913