brig
brig / brig/ • n. a two-masted, square-rigged ship with an additional gaff sail on the mainmast. ∎ inf. a prison, esp. on a warship.
brig
brig XVIII. Shortening of BRIGANTINE2, but applied to a ship of a different rig.
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