'Hermaphrodite brig' definitions:

Definition of 'hermaphrodite brig'

(from WordNet)
noun
Two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: brigantine, hermaphrodite brig]

Definition of 'Hermaphrodite brig'

From: GCIDE
  • Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a. Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower. [1913 Webster]
  • Hermaphrodite brig. (Naut.) See under Brig. --Totten. Hermaphroditic

Definition of 'Hermaphrodite brig'

From: GCIDE
  • Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from Brigantine.] (Naut.) A two-masted, square-rigged vessel. [1913 Webster]
  • Hermaphrodite brig, a two-masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster]