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brigantine

[brig-uhn-teen, -tahyn] / ˈbrɪg ənˌtin, -ˌtaɪn /


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To this day, what turned that brigantine into a ghost ship remains a maritime mystery.

From New York Times Sep. 28, 2014

What prompted him to suppose the ship was a brigantine were its overall dimensions, he said.

From New York Times Jul. 29, 2010

Despite sleet and freezing drizzle, some 10,000 spectators watched at Griffin's Wharf while history buffs crept aboard the 97-ft. brigantine Beaver II, a replica of one of the three ships sacked in 1773.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is the Royal Research Ship Research, a trim 770-ton brigantine.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then two more figures launched themselves from the deck of the brigantine.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo




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