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bonaventure (iou)



bonaventure noun. obsolete exc. Hist. L15.
[Italian bonaventura lit. 'good fortune', from bona (now buona) good + ventura fortune.]
Nautical. A lateen sail carried on an extra mizzen mast; a mast with such a sail (freq. more fully bonaventure mast, bonaventure mizzen).
? Commonly found as a ship's name, with its Italian signification.