Brig (in French Brigue) is a city in the canton of Valais, Switzerland at 46°19′ N 7°58′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=46_19_N_7_58_E_region:CH_type:city(11600)). Geography The canton of Valais is located in the south of Switzerland. ...
The historic town with 5000 inhabitants is part of the municipality Brig-Glis with a 11600 inhabitants. The name 'Brig' is drived from Briva - bridge.
The lines of Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon railway and Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn meet in Brig. The Matterhorn-Gotthard-Bahn (MGB) is a narrow gauge railway in Switzerland. ...
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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