| 释义 |
shipentine|ˈʃɪpəntiːn|
[f. ship n.1 after barquentine.]
A four-masted vessel, having three square-rigged masts (like a ship) with an additional fore-and-aft rigged mast.
1895Even. Post (N.Y.) 20 July 8 The New York Marine Journal suggested the name ‘shipentine’, on the principle that a barkentine has yards only on the foremast, similar to a brigantine, etc. This term was promptly endorsed by the Liverpool Journal of Commerce. 1911Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 878/2 The shipentine clipper ‘Great Republic’, built in 1853, is noteworthy as being the first ship fitted with double topsails. |