BARK (5)

{ Bark, Barque } (�), n. [[F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge.]] 1. 1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron.
2. 2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged.