brigantine /ˈbɹɪɡ.ənˌtin/ noun1 •a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.The Galles and those pilling Briggandines, That yeerely saile to the Uenetian goulfe, And houer in the straightes for Christians wracke, Shall lie at anchor in the Isle Asant. — 1587 formsbrigantines