noun
1.
Nautical.
a.
a two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts.
b.
(formerly, in the U.S. Navy) an armed brig-rigged or brigantine-rigged vessel.
c.
the compartment of a ship where prisoners are confined.
2.
a place of confinement or detention, especially in the U.S. Navy or Marines; guardhouse.
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Brig
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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brig1 (brɪɡ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | nautical a two-masted square-rigger |
| 2. | chiefly (US) a prison, esp in a navy ship |
| [C18: shortened from | |
| brig2 (brɪɡ) | |
| —n | |
| a Scot and northern English word for a bridge | |
| Brig. | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Brigadier | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
brig
1720, colloquial shortening of brigantine (q.v.). Apparently such vessels being used for prison ships led to extended meaning "a jail," first recorded 1852.
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Slang Dictionary
brig definition[brɪg]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| brig brigade |
| Brig. brigadier |
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Example sentences
Brig staff could access the data from each housing unit, the control center, and the enrollment area.
And in the military penal system, the brig commander is well within his authority in imposing these punishments.
There were a couple of other sailors still in the brig, which was set up in the carpenter shop.
It is, at bottom, that whoever stole the cables should be thrown in the brig.
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