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

Example Sentences

The vessel in sight was a large hermaphrodite brig, of a Dutch build, and painted black, with a tawdry gilt figure-head.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 by Poe, Edgar Allan

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

From Two Years Before the Mast by Dana, Richard Henry

We now ranged up alongside of the other, which proved to be the hermaphrodite brig, Kate Cory, of Westport.

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

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

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 Dana, Richard Henry