brig
noun/brɪɡ/
/brɪɡ/
- a ship with two masts (= posts that support the sails) and square sailsTopics Transport by waterc2
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- (North American English) a prison, especially one on a warship
Word Originearly 18th cent.: abbreviation of brigantine (the original sense).
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