Word Meaning

Meaning of barques

- Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
- A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.
- Same as 3d Bark, n.

Crossword clue for barques

- Square-rigged ship
- Sailing vessels