Meaning of BRIG
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- [n] a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
- [n] two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Brig\ (br[i^]g), n.
A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
\Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.)
A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
{Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
Appendix.
\Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.)
On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of
confinement for offenders.
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