Барк

Title: Bark Description: Bark is a large sailing ship with square sails on all masts except the last one, which carries rigging with slanting sails. In other words, all masts of a bark, except the last one, have only fore and mainsails... Keywords: bark, large sailing ship, square sails, masts, rigging, slanting sails, fore and mainsails. This is a description of a type of large sailing ship called a bark. The term 'bark' comes from the Dutch word 'bark' which means tree bark, reflecting the ships' wooden construction. The defining feature of a bark is that it has square sails on all masts, except the last one, which carries rigging with slanting sals, known as a lateen or a gaff-lateen rig. This means