brig
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- //bɹɪɡ//
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
sustantivo
- 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.
Etimología
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
verbo
- 1
anticuadoTo merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
- 2
anticuadoTo jail, to confine into the guardhouse.
sustantivo
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Bridge.
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
Etimología
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
sustantivo
- 1
Brigadier.
Etimología
Clipping of brigadier.
Formas
- plural
- brigs
- pasado
- brigged
- participio
- brigged
- gerundio
- brigging
- 3.ª persona del 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.