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

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

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

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 rakish-looking hermaphrodite brig, and in the bright moonlight looked Yankee.

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

At about eight o'clock in the evening chase was given to an hermaphrodite brig, on coming up with which a blank cartridge was fired, and a boat despatched to board her and examine her papers.

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