BRIG


Meaning of BRIG in English

1. n.1 a two-masted square-rigged ship, with an additional lower fore-and-aft sail on the gaff and a boom to the mainmast.

2 US a prison, esp. on a warship.

Etymology: abbr. of BRIGANTINE 2. n. Sc. & N.Engl. var. of BRIDGE(1).

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.