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Vinony

brig

noun

  1. sailing vessel with two square-rigged masts
  2. prison cell aboard a ship
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɹɪɡ/

name

  1. A district in Valais canton, Switzerland.
  2. A town in Brig-Glis municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.

noun

Etymology: Clipping of brigadier.

  1. Brigadier.

verb

Etymology: Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.

  1. To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
  2. To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.