Found 2 items, similar to brigantine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brigantine brigantine n : two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: hermaphrodite brig ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: brigantine Brigandine \Brig"an*dine\, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It. brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See Brigand.] 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. [Written also brigantine.] --Jer. xlvi. 4. [1913 Webster] Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And brigandine of brass. --Milton. [1913 Webster]