barquentine, bark-|ˈbɑːkəntiːn|Also 7 -enteen, 9 -antine.[f. bark n.2 on the analogy of brigantine; or perh. an assimilated form of Sp.bergantine ‘small ship, brigandine’ (Minsheu).]A small bark; spec. in mod. use: A vessel somewhat similar to a bark, having the fore-mast square-rigged, and the main- and mizen-masts fore-and-aft-rigged.1693Col.Rec. Penn. I. 379 Having Sailled from Barbadoes in the barkenteen Ann.1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Barkantine or Barquantine, a name applied on the great lakes of North America to a vessel, etc.1881Leeds Merc. 5 Feb. 2/6 Landed..from the barquentine Girl of Devon.