brig

Noun

brig

1. (nautical) a two-masted vessel square-rigged on both fore and main masts
2. (US)(nautical) a jail or guardhouse, especially in a military installation
3. abbreviation for Brigadier (Brigadier)

4 letters in word "brig": B G I R.

No anagrams for brig found in this word list.

Words found within brig:

bi big gi gib rib rig

• Definitions:
• two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
• In nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts. During the Age of Sail, brigs were seen as fast and maneuverable and were used as both naval war ships and merchant ships. ...
• Brigadier(BRIG-uh-DEER) is a military rank, the meaning of which has a considerable variation.
• Brig is an administrative district in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It includes the following municipalitie
• A two masted vessel, square rigged on both masts.
• A compartment that serves as a jail aboard the ship. Where confined sailors or marines are issued rations of bread and water.
• A two-masted, square rigged vessel
• Vessel with two masts and square rigged on both of them.
• A type of ship with two masts, a fore-and-aft mainsail and a square-rigged foremast. They were used as both merchant vessels and warships, as well as by pirates.
• i) A two masted square-rigged ship, with an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast, ii) slang a prison, esp. on a warship.
• 1. A two masted vessel square rigged on both masts.Generally in the 150 - 200 ton range. 2. A sailing vessel's jail.
• (UK) bridge (the river bridge, not the musical bridge).
• a sailing ship with two masts, both square rigged
• M7 fan whose favorite character is Ezra.
• A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both masts. The rear mast carries a fore-and-aft boom-sail as well. In the 17th century the term Brig was also used as short for Brigantine, which then could be any variety of two-masted square-rigged vessels depending on nation and region. ...
• Confinement facility for prisoners aboard a vessel. Off ship facilities are known as jails or prisons.

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