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Brig

/bɹɪɡ/

A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast

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noun

1
A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2
A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.

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bilgenoun	(slang, uncountable) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.
slipwaynoun	(nautical) A sloping surface, leading down to the shore or to a river, on which ships are built, repaired or stored and from which they are launched.
airframenoun	The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).
pathnoun	A trail for the use of, or worn by, pedestrians.
peepholenoun	A small hole, opening, or piece of glass, especially in a door, through which one can look without being seen.
stockadenoun	(military) An enclosure protected by a wall of wooden posts.
holenoun	A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; a dent; a depression; a fissure.
pitnoun	A hole in the ground.
foxholenoun	(military) A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.
guardhousenoun	A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
pokeynoun	(slang, with "the") prison.
dumpnoun	A place where waste or garbage is left; a ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.; a disposal site.
brigadiernoun	(military) An army rank; an officer commanding a brigade.
hellholenoun	(slang, derogatory, idiomatic) A place of intense hatred, misery, or turmoil.
lockupnoun	(slang) A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells.
jailnoun	A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
gaolnoun	(British) Dated spelling of jail.
prisonnoun	A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
imprisonmentnoun	A confinement in a place, especially a prison or a jail, especially as punishment for a crime.
slammernoun	(slang, usually "the slammer") Jail, prison.