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hermaphrodite brigs

hermaphrodite brigs is the plural of hermaphrodite brig.

Meaning of hermaphrodite brig

Noun

hermaphrodite brig (plural hermaphrodite brigs)

  1. 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

Questions about hermaphrodite brigs

What is hermaphrodite brigs the plural of?
Hermaphrodite brigs is the plural of hermaphrodite brig.

Words near hermaphrodite brigs in the dictionary

  1. hermaphrodeity
  2. hermaphrodism
  3. hermaphrodisms
  4. hermaphrodite
  5. hermaphrodite brig
  6. hermaphrodite brigs
  7. hermaphrodites
  8. hermaphroditic
  9. hermaphroditical
  10. hermaphroditically
  11. hermaphroditish

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