'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]