hermaphrodite brig

American

noun

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

hermaphrodite brig British

noun

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

Example Sentences

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An hermaphrodite brig was seventy one days from New Orleans—and a keel boat one hundred and one; the latter to Louisville.

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At seven, this morning, we gave chase to a Yankee-looking hermaphrodite brig.

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The �pervier had under her convoy an English hermaphrodite brig, a Russian and a Spanish ship, which all hauled their wind, and stood to the east-northeast.

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She was a hermaphrodite brig, and old-fashioned at that.

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She was an hermaphrodite brig of 310 tons, mounting 17 guns.

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