brig Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
  2. noun a penal institution (especially on board a ship)

WordNet

Brig noun
Definitions
  1. A bridge. Scot. Burns.
Brig noun
Etymology
Shortened from Brigantine.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.

Webster 1913