different between brigantine vs schooner

English

Etymology 1

1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigare (“to fight”).

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

1. (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

Synonyms

• hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial)

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Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

brigantine (plural brigantines)

1. Alternative form of brigandine

French

Noun

brigantine f (plural brigantines)

1. trapeze-shaped type of sail

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Further reading

• “brigantine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

Probably from English scoon, and Dutch schoener (“schooner”), further etymology is uncertain, compare schoon (“clean”) and shunt (“to cause to move (suddenly)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sku?n?(?)/
• Rhymes: -u?n?(?)

Noun

schooner (plural schooners)

1. (nautical) A sailing ship with two or more masts, all with fore-and-aft sails; if two masted, having a foremast and a mainmast.

   Synonym: goelette
2. (Australia) A glass of beer, of a size which varies between states (Wikipedia).
3. (US) A large goblet or drinking glass, used for lager or ale (Wikipedia).
4. (historical) A covered wagon used by emigrants.

Usage notes

• (sailing ship): Variants exist, such as with additional square sails on the fore topmast. Compare ketch and yawl which have a main and a mizzen mast.
• (size of glass): A schooner is one of the larger measures, except in South Australia, where it is smaller. See Beer in Australia: Beer glasses for details.

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• coehorns