hermaphrodite brig
hermaphrodite brig noun: a two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail).
Noun
hermaphrodite brig (plural hermaphrodite brigs)
- A two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail).
- About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman
- Synonyms:
- brig-schooner, schooner-brig
Synonyms of hermaphrodite brig
- brig-schooner
- schooner-brig
Forms of hermaphrodite brig
| plural | hermaphrodite brigs |
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Origin of hermaphrodite brig
So called because it is a hybrid of the two main types of sail plan.
Questions about hermaphrodite brig
- What does hermaphrodite brig mean?
- Hermaphrodite brig means a two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail).
- What part of speech is hermaphrodite brig?
- Hermaphrodite brig is a noun.
- What is the plural of hermaphrodite brig?
- The plural of hermaphrodite brig is hermaphrodite brigs.
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