brig

Meaning

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.

Verb

1. (slang) To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
2. (slang) To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.

Synonyms

brigantine

gaol

prison

jail

confinement

cooler

coop

hock

hole

🕳️

hoosegow

jailhouse

jug

penitentiary

pokey

poky

quod

stir

prison house

dex

bagnio

jail house

bastille

calaboose

clink

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bɹɪɡ/

Etymology

Abbreviated from brigantine, from Italian brigantino; in sense “jail”, from the use of such ships as prisons.