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bergantín — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • brig noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.

Senses

bergantín is used for these senses in English:

  • brig (watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  • brigantine (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

brig — full definition

  1. noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
  2. noun A prison on board a naval ship, or informally, any military jail.

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