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noun
a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Alternative form of brigandine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: hermaphrodite brig
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sailing vessel, sailing ship
History
Attested 1525, for a small rowing vessel, from earlier brigandyns, from Middle French brigandin, probably from Italian brigante (“skirmisher, pirate, brigand”), from Latin brigō (“to fight”).
Variant form.
Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
