brig|an|tine

brig|an|tine
brig|an|tine «BRIHG uhn teen, -tyn», noun.
1. a ship with two masts. The foremast is square-rigged; the mainmast is fore-and-aft-rigged.
2. = hermaphrodite brig. (Cf.hermaphrodite brig)
[< Middle French brigantin < Italian brigantino < brigare; see etym. under brigand (Cf.brigand)]

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