Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Brig
Brig (brĭg), n. A bridge. [Scot.] Burns.
Brig, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.
Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix.