As nouns the difference between brig and brit
is that brig is force, power while brit is one of the young of herrings, sprats etc or brit can be brit milah or brit can be scream, yell.
As a verb brit is
to break in pieces; divide.
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)
References
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