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

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

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

Coming round Santa Buenaventura, and nearing the anchorage, we saw two vessels in port, a large full-rigged, and a small, hermaphrodite brig.

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

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 Raphael Semmes

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

From Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana

The Dolphin was what is termed, in nautical parlance, an "hermaphrodite brig," of about one hundred and fifty tons burden; and had been engaged, for some twelve or fifteen years, in the West India trade.

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

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