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(brig)

noun

a two-masted ship with square-rigged sails

Origin: contr. < brigantine

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noun

U.S. Navy a place where offenders are temporarily confined, as on a warship
Mil., Slang the guardhouse; prison

Origin: < ?

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noun

A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts.
A jail or prison on board a U.S. Navy or Coast Guard vessel.
A jail or guardhouse, especially on the premises of a U.S. military installation.

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Origin: Short for brigantine

Origin: . Senses 2 and 3, from the use of ships as prisons

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