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Barque
Barque meaning
A sailing vessel of three or more masts, with all masts but the sternmost square-rigged, the sternmost being fore-and-aft-rigged | Any small sailing vessel. | A sailing vessel or boat of any kind.
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The Norwegian three-masted barque, which was built in 1914 and last visited the Granite City in 1997, was enthusiastically welcomed back by locals with dozens lining up outside the harbour gates to catch a glimpse.
Bark "small ship" is attested from 1420, from Old French barque, from Vulgar Latin barca (400 AD).
Her guns were reduced from ten cannon to six and a mizzen mast was added to improve her handling, thereby changing her from a brig to a bark (or barque).
In The Book of Coming Forth By Day Isis is depicted standing on the prow of the Solar Barque with her arms outstretched.
She was then adapted as a survey barque and took part in three survey expeditions.
The " Khufu ship ", a 43.6-meter-long vessel that was sealed into a pit in the Giza pyramid complex at the foot of the Great Pyramid of Giza around 2500 BC, is a full-size surviving example which may have fulfilled the symbolic function of a solar barque.
There are several examples of Barque stands from the reigns of Amenhotep III ( Hermopolis ), Taharqa ( Gebel Barkal ), and Atlanersa (Gebel Barkal) that show two river gods performing the rite.
The ship master was so satisfied with the young Drake's conduct that, being unmarried and childless at his death, he bequeathed the barque to Drake.