barque

Its prettiness helps explain its survival in boxes and cupboards for more than half a century, its original tuition (example: how to tell a barque from a brigantine) long forgotten.

A British fleet with no aircraft carrier. Unthinkable! Ian Jack 2010

The other three turned to see what it was that had so disturbed their comrade, and then they, too, were struck dumb with consternation; for, standing at the door of the companion-hatch -- the barque was a flush-decked vessel -- was the mandarin whom they had left for dead.

John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman 1902

Now it chanced that among the cargo carried by the barque was a small launch intended for the use of a plantation owner in South America.

The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest John Henry Goldfrap 1898

For half the year the barque is the home of the government's marine biologist, and his office and laboratory, wherein scientific investigation and experimentation are in constant progress, are in houses built on the quarter-deck.

East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888

Just ahead of the barque was a very handsome brigantine, also bound for the Friendly Islands.

"Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884

By sundown the brigantine was hull down ahead of us, though the barque was a very smart vessel, and we were then making eleven knots.

"Pig-Headed" Sailor Men From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 Louis Becke 1884

The barque was the slowest craft of the three, and Joe Lockett had every stitch of canvas set, to enable him to keep up with the others.

Held Fast For England A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83) 1867

Some brigs are larger than barques, but _generally_ the barque is the larger vessel.

Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships R. [Illustrator] Richardson 1859

I thank the Lord that I was able to fulfil all my duties while on board the barque, that is, to preach once on the Sabbath, hold prayers every morning and evening, and say grace at every meal.

The Looking-Glass: Being a True Report and Narrative of the Life, Travels, and Labors of the Rev. Daniel H. Peterson, a Colored Clergyman; Embracing a Period of Time from the Year 1812 to 1854, and Including His Visit to Western Africa Daniel H. Peterson 1853

The barque was a poor sailer; we thought it a good run if she made eight knots an hour, so no wonder we did not reach Singapore till May 23,

Sketches of Our Life at Sarawak Henriette McDougall 1851