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Definition of Barque
1. Noun. A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts.
Definition of Barque
1. n. Same as 3d Bark,
Definition of Barque
1. Noun. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged ¹
2. Noun. (archaic) any small sailing vessel ¹
3. Noun. (context: poetic) a sailing vessel or boat of any kind ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Barque
1. a sailing vessel [n -S]
Medical Definition of Barque
1. 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. 2. A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast squarerigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. Origin: F. Barque, fr. Sp. Or It. Barca, fr. LL. Barca for barica. See Barge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barque
Literary usage of Barque
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"The steamer's side-lights were not visible, the barque wag not apprised ...
The final porting of the barque's helm in extrema, was no negligence if wrong. ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of the City of by John Duer, New York (State). Superior Court (New York) (1855)
"The Manhattan Fire Ins. Co. was, at the time of the insurance, a barque on the
stocks, otherwise the policy would not have taken effect. ..."
3. Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and by Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1858)
"The decks are formed with strong boards framed together, but not fastened to the
barque; a precaution absolutely necessary, as they are often sunk in ..."
4. The African Repository by American Colonization Society (1849)
"... Emigrants by the barque Clintonia Wright. ... ______ : ____ ___ ___ ___ _____
By the barque ... barque ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"Decree of the Circuit Court reversed, and record remitted, with di' rections to
proceed in conformity to the opinion of this court. THE barque ISLAND ..."
6. Arguments and Speeches of William Maxwell Evarts by William Maxwell Evarts (1919)
"VIII ARGUMENT IN BEHALF OF OWNERS OF THE CARGO OF THE barque "SPRINGBOK," ...
(THE "SPRINGBOK" CASE) NOTE The barque " Springbok," laden with a large and ..."
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