About The Word Brig
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Brig
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What's The Definition Of Brig?
[n] a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
[n] two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts Synonyms | Synonyms for Brig: Related Terms | Find terms related to Brig: bastille | black hole | borstal | borstal institution | bridewell | calaboose | can | cell | clink | concentration camp | condemned cell | cooler | death cell | death house | death row | detention camp | federal prison | forced-labor camp | gaol | guardhouse | guardroom | house of correction | house of detention | industrial school | internment camp | jail | jailhouse | keep | labor camp | lockup | maximum-security prison | minimum-security prison | oubliette | pen | penal colony | penal institution | penal settlement | penitentiary | POW camp | prison | prison camp | prisonhouse | reform school | reformatory | sponging house | state prison | stockade | the hole | tollbooth | training school See Also | penal facility | penal institution | sailing ship | sailing vessel Brig In Webster's Dictionary \Brig\ (br[i^]g), n.
A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.
\Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix. \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders. |
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