brig
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- //bɹɪɡ//
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
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A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast.
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A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Etimologia
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
verbo
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desuetoTo merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
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desuetoTo jail, to confine into the guardhouse.
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Bridge.
Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
Etimologia
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
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Brigadier.
Etimologia
Clipping of brigadier.
Forme
- plurale
- brigs
- passato
- brigged
- participio passato
- brigged
- participio presente
- brigging
- 3ª persona singolare
- 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.