brig : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: brig	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for brig
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
brig n two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts a penal institution (especially on board a ship)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Brig \Brig\ (br[icr]g), n. A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns.