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brig (brig)

noun

a two-masted ship with square-rigged sails

Etymology: contr. < brigantine

brig2 definition

☆ brig (brig)

noun

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

Etymology: < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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