Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Brig"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.)
On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of
confinement for offenders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brig \Brig\ (br[i^]g), n.
A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Brig \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
brig
n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
2: a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
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