brig

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
  2. noun a penal institution (especially on board a ship)

Etymology

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

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