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a two-masted ship rakish enough that pirates made it their favorite getaway car
means A two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast, prized for speed and maneuverability.
from From Old Italian 'brigantino,' a ship favored by 'briganti' — bandits, raiders, sea-rovers — the same root that gives us 'brigand' and 'brigade,' all traceable to the Italian 'briga,' meaning strife or trouble. So the name was earned the hard way: it was literally the brigands' boat. The word sailed into English through French in the late Middle Ages, and over the centuries the rig it described shifted, but the piratical pedigree in the name never washed off.
- sail mix
- square-rigged foremast, fore-and-aft mainsail for speed and agility
- pirate pick
- favored for fast raids and quick escapes
- name origin
- from Italian brigantino, the ship of brigands
- crew light
- needed fewer hands than larger square-riggers
hms pickle — british naval brigantine that carried charles darwin during the hms beagle voyage, 1831-1836
queen anne's revenge — pirate ship commanded by blackbeard off north carolina coast, 1717-1718
uss oneida — american civil war brigantine-rigged gunboat that served from 1861-1865