brig
nounverbnounnounattested in dialogue
- //bɹɪɡ//
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
noun
- 1
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
- 2
A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Etymology
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
verb
- 1
datedTo merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
- 2
datedTo jail, to confine into the guardhouse.
noun
- 1
Bridge.
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
Etymology
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
noun
- 1
Brigadier.
Etymology
Clipping of brigadier.
Forms
- plural
- brigs
- past tense
- brigged
- past participle
- brigged
- present participle
- brigging
- third person singular
- brigs
brig · A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
Brig · A district in Valais canton, Switzerland.brigade · A group of people organized for a common purpose.brigadier · An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.