hermaphrodite brig

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a Hermaphrodite-brig

Etymology[edit]

So called because it is a hybrid of the two main types of sail plan.

Noun[edit]

hermaphrodite brig (plural hermaphrodite brigs)

  1. (nautical) A two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail).
    • 1846, Frederick Marryat, The Privateersman:
      About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.

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