Brig vs Sloop - What's the difference?
brig | sloop |
(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.
(label) A single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.
* 1789 , (Olaudah Equiano) (Gustavus Vassa), (The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano) ,
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(label) A sailing warship, smaller than a frigate, with its guns all on one deck.
A sloop of war, smaller than a frigate, larger than a corvette.
In nautical terms the difference between brig and sloop
is that brig is a two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast while sloop is a single-masted sailboat with only one headsail.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)See also
* hermaphrodite brig * gun-brigEtymology 2
Etymology 3
Shortening of (brigadier)References
* ----sloop
English
(wikipedia sloop)Noun
(en noun)- I stayed in this island for a few days; I believe it could not be above a fortnight; when I and some few more slaves, that were not saleable amongst the rest, from very much fretting, were shipped off in a sloop for North America.