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Definition of barque in English:

barque

(also bark)

Pronunciation /bärk/ /bɑrk/

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noun

  • 1A sailing ship, typically with three masts, in which the foremast and mainmast are square-rigged and the mizzenmast is rigged fore-and-aft.

    1. 1.1literary A boat.
      boat, sailing boat, ship, yacht, craft, watercraft

Origin

Middle English from Old French, probably from Provençal barca, from late Latin barca ‘ship's boat’.