Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A Venetian vessel with a square stern and two masts.
  • noun A ship-rigged sloop of war.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Naut.) A Venetian vessel, with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun nautical A Venetian vessel with a square stern, having only a mainmast, jigger mast, and bowsprit; also a sloop of war ship-rigged.

Etymologies

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Italian fregatone: compare French frégaton and see frigate.

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