brig
See also: bríg
English
a Brig-rigged vessel
Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɹɪɡ/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡ
Etymology 1
Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
- (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
Translations
two-masted vessel
See also
Etymology 2
From Scots brig, from Old Norse bryggja, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ. Doublet of bridge.
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.
- 1790, Burns, Robert, Tam o' Shanter:
- Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;
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Etymology 3
Clipping of brigadier
Noun
brig (plural brigs)
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *bergъ.
Noun
brig m
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse bryggja
Noun
brig
- bridge
- Stirling Brig ― Stirling Bridge
- The craic brig ― The craic bridge (craic is an Irish spelling of the word crack, but both spellings have the same meaning)
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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Noun
brig m (Cyrillic spelling бриг)
- A brig (two-masted vessel)
Synonyms
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /briːɡ/
Noun
brig m (plural brigau)
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| brig | frig | mrig | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
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