Definition of brigantine in English English dictionary
a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast
Light body armor consisting of rings or small thin plates of iron sewn to an under layer of leather, linen, or canvas and covered by similar material. Originally in two parts, a pair of brigandines
() 1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns, from M.French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin brigare to fight.