brig en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /bɹɪɡ/
Etymology
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Meanings
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A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
Dorey harbour is in a fine bay, at one extremity of which an elevated point juts out, and, with two or three small islands, forms a sheltered anchorage. The only vessel it contained when we arrived was a Dutch brig, laden with coals for the use of a war-steamer, which was expected daily, on an exploring expedition along the coasts of New Guinea, for the purpose of fixing on a locality for a colony.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 304:
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| brigs | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Descendants
bricbarca · bruig · brigue · brick
Relateds
Translations (44)
nl legergevangenis (naval military jail or guardhouse) · ru гауптва́хта (naval military jail or guardhouse) · ro bric (two-masted vessel) · mi pereki (two-masted vessel) · nb brigg (two-masted vessel) · pt brigue (two-masted vessel) · el μπαλαούρο (naval military jail or guardhouse) · nl gevang (naval military jail or guardhouse) · es bergantín (two-masted vessel) · fi putka (naval military jail or guardhouse) · de Brigg (two-masted vessel) · it brigantino (two-masted vessel) · ru тюрьма́ (naval military jail or guardhouse) · nl brigantijn (two-masted vessel) · ru ка́рцер (naval military jail or guardhouse) · pt brigantim (two-masted vessel) · pl bryg (two-masted vessel) · nn brigg (two-masted vessel) · fr cachot (naval military jail or guardhouse) · de Militärgefängnis (naval military jail or guardhouse) · nl cachot (naval military jail or guardhouse) · nl brik (two-masted vessel) · nl militaire gevangenis (naval military jail or guardhouse) · fr brigantin (two-masted vessel) · ga bruig (two-masted vessel) · sh brig (two-masted vessel) · ca calabós (naval military jail or guardhouse) · hu brigg (two-masted vessel) · gl bregantín (two-masted vessel) · ca bergantí (two-masted vessel) · de Arrestzelle (naval military jail or guardhouse) · gl câbozo (naval military jail or guardhouse) · nl scheepsgevangenis (naval military jail or guardhouse) · el μπρίκι (two-masted vessel) · fi priki (two-masted vessel) · es calabozo (naval military jail or guardhouse) · sh brik (two-masted vessel) · cs briga (two-masted vessel) · sv brigg (two-masted vessel) · sv arrest (naval military jail or guardhouse) · el πάρων (two-masted vessel) · ru бриг (two-masted vessel) · tr brik (two-masted vessel) · gl calabós (naval military jail or guardhouse)