ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What does the word ‘bark’ mean?
A
Boat
B
Noise
C
Doing nothing
D
The pointed top of a mountain or ridge
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -bark, also spelled barque, sailing ship of three or more masts, the rear (mizzenmast ) being rigged for a fore-and-aft rather than a square sail. Until fore-and-aft rigs were applied to large ships to reduce crew sizes, the term was often used for any small sailing vessel.

Detailed explanation-2: -bark. 1 of 5 verb. ˈbärk. : to make the short loud cry of a dog or a similar noise. : to shout or speak sharply.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ships known as barks, or barques, have at least three masts, of which the mizzen mast is always fore-and aft rigged (triangular sails set parallel to the axis of the ship) while the fore and main masts are square rigged (rectangular sails set at right-angles to the axis).

Detailed explanation-4: -A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel with three or more masts having the fore-and mainmasts rigged square and only the mizzen (the aftmost mast) rigged fore and aft. Sometimes, the mizzen is only partly fore-and-aft rigged, bearing a square-rigged sail above.

Detailed explanation-5: -A bark is square-rigged at her fore and main masts, and differs from a ship in having no top, and carrying only fore-and-aft sails at her mizzenmast.

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