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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