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BRIG
brig
(noun) a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
brig
(noun) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
(watercraft) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
(US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Etymology 2
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
(Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
Etymology 3
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
Brigadier.
Anagrams
• RGBI
Source: Wiktionary
Brig, n.
Definition: A bridge. [Scot.] Burns.
Brig, n. Etym: [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.)
Definition: A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. Hermaphrodite brig, a two- masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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