| brig: Definition, Synonyms and Much More From Answers.com (428 words) |
 | A hermaphrodite brig is identical with the brigantine except that it carries no topsail on its mainmast; most U.S. brigs since 1860 have actually been of this type. |
| In sailing, a brig is a vessel with two masts at least one of which is square rigged. |
| Previously, brig has been used as an abbreviation of brigantine, which in modern parlance is the standard name for a principally fore-and-aft two-masted rig with a square rigged foremast but which also has other historical meanings. |
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