[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brig \brig\, n. origin unknown. nav.
   on a united states man-of-war, the prison or place of
   confinement for offenders.
   webster 1913 suppl.

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brig \brig\, n.
   a bridge. scot. --burns.
   1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

brig \brig\, n. shortened from brigantine. naut.
   a two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
   1913 webster

   hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
      forward and schooner-rigged aft. see illustration in
      appendix.
      1913 webster
see also:
brigantine hermaphrodite brig 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

brig
     n 1: two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on both masts
     2: a penal institution especially on board a ship

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

50 moby thesaurus words for "brig":
   pow camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution,
   bridewell, calaboose, can, cell, clink, concentration camp,
   condemned cell, cooler, death cell, death house, death row,
   detention camp, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol,
   guardhouse, guardroom, house of correction, house of detention,
   industrial school, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, keep,
   labor camp, lockup, maximum-security prison,
   minimum-security prison, oubliette, pen, penal colony,
   penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, prison,
   prison camp, prisonhouse, reform school, reformatory,
   sponging house, state prison, stockade, the hole, tollbooth,
   training school

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