bar·ken·tine
ˈbär-kən-ˌtēn 
variants
or barquentine
: a sailing ship of three or more masts with the foremast square-rigged and the others fore-and-aft rigged
barque, barquentine
2 of 2variant spellings of bark entry 5, barkentine
1
a
: a small sailing ship
b
: a sailing ship of three or more masts with the aftmost mast fore-and-aft rigged and the others square-rigged
2
: a craft propelled by sails or oars
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The barkentine was discovered nearly 10,000 feet down in March 2022 by the Endurance22 expedition.
—National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
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