brig  (brĭg) 
n. A two-masted sailing ship, square-rigged on both masts. A jail or prison on board a U.S. Navy or Coast Guard vessel. A jail or guardhouse, especially on the premises of a U.S. military installation.
[Short for brigantine. Senses 2 and 3, from the use of ships as prisons.] |
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