brigantine

英 ['brɪg(ə)ntiːn] 美['brɪgən,taɪn]
  • n. 双桅帆船的一种

英英释义


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

英文词源


brigantine (n.)
"small two-masted ship," 1520s, from Middle French brigandin (15c.), from Italian brigantino, perhaps "skirmishing vessel, pirate ship," from brigante "skirmisher, pirate, brigand" from brigare "fight" (see brigade).