Brig \Brig\, n. [Origin unknown.]

(Nav.) On a United States man-of-war, the prison or place of confinement for offenders.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Brig \Brig\ (br[i^]g), n. A bridge. [Scot.]

--Burns.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.]

(Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.

Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)