brig has definitions from the fields of nautical,transportation
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[ noun ] (nautical,transportation) two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts

Used in print

(Vina Delmar, The Big Family....)

Not a man on the brig , loyal or villainous , could be unaffected by the sight of seven men involved in the crime of mutiny .

Related terms

sailing_vessel

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[ noun ] (nautical) a penal institution (especially on board a ship)

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penal_institution ship

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