Definition of "brigantine"

brigantine¹

/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/

noun
plural brigantines
1. (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.
  Quotations
  The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.
  c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, Act III, scene iii

brigantine²

/ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/

noun
plural brigantines
1. Alternative form of brigandine