hermaphrodite brig
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hermaphrodite brig
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So called because it is a hybrid of the two main types of sail plan.
noun hermaphrodite brigs
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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).
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.
Similar: brig-schooner, schooner-brig
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