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brig / brig/ • n. a two-masted, square-rigged ship with an additional gaff sail on the mainmast. ∎  inf. a prison, esp. on a warship.

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brig

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brig XVIII. Shortening of BRIGANTINE2, but applied to a ship of a different rig.

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