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barques

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noun

Say it like: Bar-kwe-s

The correct spelling is barques. A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged

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Definition

noun

  1. 1.A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged
  2. 2.Any small sailing vessel
  3. 3.A sailing vessel or boat of any kind

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