'Brig' definitions:
Definition of 'brig'
(from WordNet)
noun
Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
noun
A penal institution (especially on board a ship)
Definition of 'Brig'
From: GCIDE
- Brig \Brig\, n. A bridge. [Scot.] --Burns. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brig'
From: GCIDE
- Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. [1913 Webster]
- Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brig'
From: GCIDE
- Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.] (Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'brig'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bastille,
- black hole,
- borstal,
- borstal institution,
- bridewell,
- calaboose,
- can,
- cell,
- clink,
- concentration camp,
- condemned cell,
- cooler,
- death cell,
- death house,
- death row,
- detention camp,
- federal prison,
- forced-labor camp,
- gaol,
- guardhouse,
- guardroom,
- house of correction,
- house of detention,
- industrial school,
- internment camp,
- jail,
- jailhouse,
- keep,
- labor camp,
- lockup,
- maximum-security prison,
- minimum-security prison,
- oubliette,
- pen,
- penal colony,
- penal institution,
- penal settlement,
- penitentiary,
- POW camp,
- prison,
- prison camp,
- prisonhouse,
- reform school,
- reformatory,
- sponging house,
- state prison,
- stockade,
- the hole,
- tollbooth,
- training school