Definition of "brig" in Anglais

noun

1. (nautical) A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

2. (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

verb

1. (US, military slang, dated) To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.

2. (US, military slang, dated) To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.

noun

1. (Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern England) Bridge.

noun

1. Brigadier.