Brig (noun)
brig
a two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts. / a place of confinement or detention, especially in the U.S. Navy or Marines; guardhouse.
First recorded in 1705–15; short for brigantine
Example sentences
“They stood each end of the brig watching the horizon.”
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