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Definition of Barqoe

{ Bark, Barque } (&?;), n. [F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]

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.

2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner- rigged.

Barque (&?;), n. Same as 3d Bark, n.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • 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.
  • A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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