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Brig vs Brigantine - What's the difference?

brig | brigantine |

In nautical terms the difference between brig and brigantine

is that brig is a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast while brigantine is a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.

brig

English

(wikipedia brig)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
  • (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
    • See also
    * hermaphrodite brig * gun-brig

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Scotland) bridge
    • (Burns)

    Etymology 3

    Shortening of (brigadier)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Brigadier.

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    brigantine

    English

    (wikipedia brigantine)

    Etymology 1

    1525, a small rowing vessel, brigandyns'', from (etyl) ''brigandin'', probably from Italian ''brigante'' - skirmisher, pirate, brigand, from Latin ''brigare to fight.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the foremast, but fore-and-aft-rigged mainsail with a square-rig above it on the mainmast.
    • Synonyms
    * hermaphrodite brig (the synonymy is controversial )

    Etymology 2

    Variant forms.

    Noun

    (en noun)
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