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Brigandine n. (Written also brigantine) A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal, and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the Middle Ages. "Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass."

Brigantine n.

A practical vessel. (Obs.)

A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig in that she does not carry a square mainsail.

See Brigandine.

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"Brigantine" Quotes from Famous Books

... the deck of the brigantine and must stop talking, and thence, after the Spaniards had quarrelled over us a while, we were taken ashore and led to the top of a house which still stood, where Cortes had made ready hurriedly to receive his royal prisoner. ...

— Montezuma's Daughter • H. Rider Haggard

... "She's a brigantine, Zeb," observed the keeper, handing up the spyglass. "And flyin' the British colors. Look's if she might be one of them salt boats from Turk's Islands. But what she's doin' out there, anchored, with canvas lowered and showin' distress signals in fair weather like this, is more'n ...

— Keziah Coffin • Joseph C. Lincoln

... advocates of this view cited discussion contemporaneous with Jefferson's Embargo, and under the embargo itself, as supporting their position. In the case of the Brigantine William the validity of the embargo was challenged before the United States District Court of Massachusetts on the ground that the power to regulate commerce did not embrace the power to prohibit it. Judge Davis answered: "It will be admitted that partial prohibitions ...

— The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation • Edward Corwin

... very long. They took several valuable prizes, and the more booty he obtained, the higher became Low's opinion of himself, and the greater his desire for independent action. Therefore it was that when they had captured a large brigantine, Low determined that he would no longer serve under any man. He made a bargain with Lowther by which they dissolved partnership, and Low became the owner of the brigantine. In this vessel, with forty-four ...

— Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts • Frank Richard Stockton

... a beggar. Therefore I hired your vessel, and loaded it with grain. The owner, Athanas Brazovics, is a connection of mine; I have often shown him kindness, he can return it now. By a miracle we got safely through the rocks and whirlpools of the river, and eluded the pursuit of the Turkish brigantine, and now I stumble over ...

— The World's Greatest Books, Volume V. • Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton, Eds.

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