brig
noun
1.
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
2.
a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
Origin
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Phrases
- brig rat
- hermaphrodite brig
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