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brig

noun

1 brig

Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts.

Roget 273: ship, vessel, sail; craft, bottom.    navy, marine, fleet, flotilla; shipping.    man of war etc. (combatant) 726; ... show more

Dutch: brigantijn
Polish: bryg

2 brig

A penal institution (especially on board a ship).


Moby thesaurus: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, calaboose, can, cell, clink, concentration camp, condemned cell, cooler, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol ... show more.

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