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Definition of barque noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

barque

noun
 
/bɑːk/
 
/bɑːrk/
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  1. a sailing ship with three or more masts (= posts that support the sails)
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, probably from Provençal barca, from late Latin barca ‘ship's boat’.
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