Two-masted sailing vessel with square rigged foremast and fore-and-aft rigged mainmast.
a two-masted vessel having a fully square-rigged foremast & a fore-and-aft rigged mainmast with square sales on the main topmast.
a somewhat smaller two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast but with a fore-and-aft mainsail
a two-masted vessel having the foremast square-rigged, as in a brig, the main mast being rigged as in a schooner
a two-masted vessel with her foremast fully square rigged and her mainmast rigged with both a fore-and-aft mainsail (usually a gaff sail ) and square topsails (and possibly topgallant sails)
Originally, a ship of brigands, or pirates. Up to end of 19th century was a two-masted vessel square rigged on fore-mast and main topmast, but with fore and aft mainsail. Latterly, a two-masted vessel with foremast square rigged, and mainmast fore and aft rigged.
A vessel with two or more masts, with fore and aft sails on both masts, normally in the tonnage range of 150 - 250 tons, but some P.E.I. brigantines exceeded 400 tons.
sailing ship with square-rigged foremast, and fore and aft rigged main mast
A two-masted ship having the foremast square-rigged and the mainmast fore-and-aft-rigged.
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