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brig

(brɪg)
Word forms: plural brigs
1. countable noun
A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
2. countable noun
A brig is a prison on a ship, especially a warship.
[US]

Brig.

Brig. is a written abbreviation for brigadier.
[British]
...Brig. Douglas Erskin Crum.

brig in British English 1

(brɪɡ)
noun
1.  nautical
a two-masted square-rigger
2. mainly US
a prison, esp in a navy ship
Word origin
C18: shortened from brigantine

brig in British English 2

(brɪɡ)
noun
a Scot and northern English word for a bridge1

Brig. in British English

abbreviation for
Brigadier

brig in American English 1

(brɪg)
noun
a two-masted ship with square-rigged sails
Word origin
contr. < brigantine

brig in American English 2

(brɪg)
US
noun
1.  US Navy
a place where offenders are temporarily confined, as on a warship
2.  Military; Slang
the guardhouse; prison

Examples of 'brig' in a sentence
brig

My military career lasted twenty-one days. Eleven of those I spent in the brig or in observation.
Shell, Ray ICED (1993)
told them over and over again `I made a mistake I can't take this... I want to go home...' They sent me back to the brig.
Shell, Ray ICED (1993)
Not Keetch, for he was an informer and should be in the brig.
Wilson, Bob STONE THE CROWS, IT'S A VACUUM-CLEANER (1993)
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