Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Brig

Brig ({not transcribed}) , noun

A bridge. [Scottish] — Burns

Brig , noun

[Shortened from Brigantine.]

(Nautical) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Collocations (1)
Hermaphrodite brig , a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.

Brig , noun

[Origin unknown.]

(Navigation) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.