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hermaphrodite brig en · NOUN

Etymology

So called because it is a hybrid of the two main types of sail plan.

Meanings

  1. A two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail).
    • About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails. 1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman:

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Synonyms

brig-schooner (two-masted sailing ship) · schooner-brig (two-masted sailing ship)