/brig"euhn teen', -tuyn'/ , n. Naut.
1. a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and having a fore-and-aft mainsail with square upper sails.
2. See hermaphrodite brig .
[ 1515-25; brigantinus or OIt brigantino, orig., armed escort ship (see BRIGAND, -INE 2 ); r. brigandyn brigandin ]