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

A French Navy ship—a corvette—about fifteen guns a-side maybe, and t'other's an English gun brig; making rare game of her she is too.

From Carette of Sark by Oxenham, John

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

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

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

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