hermaphrodite brig

American  

noun

1. a two-masted sailing vessel, square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft-rigged on the mainmast.

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hermaphrodite brig British  

noun

1. Also called: brigantine.  a sailing vessel with two masts, rigged square on the foremast and fore-and-aft on the aftermast

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Etymology

Origin of hermaphrodite brig

First recorded in 1830–40

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hermaphrodite brig

She was a long, low, black hermaphrodite brig, with tall, raking masts, and a row of ports, evidently intended for use rather than ornament.

From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne

She was an hermaphrodite brig, and might be, for aught we could see, in the uncertain light, American.

From Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States by Semmes, Raphael

One the hermaphrodite brig Kate Cory, of Westport, and the other the barque Lafayette, of New Bedford; the barque we burned, and the brig we brought into the anchorage, arriving after dark, about 7 A.M.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael

The Loriotte, we learn, was built at Plymouth, Mass., in 1828, was ninety-two tons, originally a schooner and later changed into an hermaphrodite brig.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

This day, sailed the Mexican hermaphrodite brig, Fazio, for San Blas and Mazatlan.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry