barque

• The vessel is fully rigged as a barque, and has pitch pine masts, iron wire rigging, and patent reefing topsails. —  The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II
• We now felt that, barring accidents, the barque was ours; she could escape us neither to leeward nor to windward. —  The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast
• Two of the guns of the polacre had been, by this time, shifted to the stern; and these opened fire, while the first mate's crew on board the barque were also at work. —  Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83)
• Some brigs are larger than barques, but generally the barque is the larger vessel. —  Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
• She was rigged as a barque, and she proved as we guessed; she was a Yankee, and a neutral. —  Marmaduke Merry A Tale of Naval Adventures in Bygone Days

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