Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
hermaphrodite brig (which see, underbrig ).
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Having first arrived in the great metropolis of New Amstarling on a brig-schooner, Cressy and her father had come south the three hundred wheels to Edgeton by less grand transport.
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A type of two-masted sailing ship with square sails on the foremast and a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail). As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, so it is also known as a hermaphrodite brig.
November 3, 2007