Brig
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /bɹɪɡ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Brig is a noun meaning (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
Meaning
(nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
More Meanings
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
- To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
- To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- Brigadier.
Example Sentences
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
Word Forms
- brigs
- brigging
- brigged
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bilge, airframe, path, peephole, stockade, hole.
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