'Barque' definitions:
Definition of 'barque'
(from WordNet)
noun
A sailing ship with 3 (or more) masts [syn: bark, barque]
Definition of 'Barque'
From: GCIDE
- Bark \Bark\, Barque \Barque\, n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. [1913 Webster]