gun brig

American  

noun

1. a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.

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Etymology

Origin of gun brig

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

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gun brig

I next served with him on board the Pelican, a fourteen gun brig to which he was soon afterwards appointed.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald

The “Halcyon” would not, in fact, as she rode to her anchors off the bar at Quillimane, have disgraced herself, even had she been, as she once was, her Majesty’s gun brig “Torch.”

From The Ruined Cities of Zululand by Walmsley, Hugh Mulleneux

Captain Burk, who accompanied the Defence, being a prime sailor, he came up first, and poured a broadside on board a sixteen gun brig.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail

The other ships were the Triumph, Sir Erasmus Gower, the Brunswick, and Bellerophon, seventy-fours, the Phaeton and Pallas frigates, and the Kingfisher, an eighteen gun brig.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald

Four other vessels were with him: the Alliance, a thirty-two gun frigate; the Pallas, a twenty-eight gun frigate; the Vengeance, a twelve gun brig; and the Cerf, a cutter.

From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd