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brig en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Meanings

  1. 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:
  2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

Forms

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brigs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

brig rat

Descendants

bricbarca · bruig · brigue · brick

Relateds

hermaphrodite brig · gun-brig

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)

brig en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

Meanings

  1. (US, dated) To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
  2. (US, dated) To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.

Forms

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brigged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
brigged Tense=Past lexicographic
brigs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
brigging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

goldbrick

brig en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland) Bridge.
    • Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig; 1790, Robert Burns, Tam o' Shanter:

Forms

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brigs Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Brig o' Turk

brig en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

Etymology

Clipping of brigadier.

Meanings

  1. Brigadier.

Forms

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brigs Number=Plur lexicographic