Brig

Definitions

1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. Bridge.
   Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland
3. Brigadier.
4. A district in Valais canton, Switzerland.
5. A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
   US
6. A town in Brig-Glis municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.

Equivalents

Examples

“Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win⟳ the key-stane of the brig;”

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