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Definition of: brigantine
(brig′ən·tēn, -tīn) noun Naut.
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast: also called hermaphrodite brig, jackass brig. [<MF brigandin a fighting vessel <Ital. brigantino <brigare fight]
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