Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brigantine

(3 syl.) or Hermaphrodite Brig. A two-masted vessel with a brig's foremast and a schooner's mainmast. (Dana's Seaman's Manual.) A pirate vessel.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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