1. A penal institution (especially on board a ship).
2. Two-masted vessel square-rigged on both masts.
Two-masted, square-rigged ship.
ETYM French brigantin, from Italian brigantino, originally, a practical vessel. Related to Brigand, Brig.
Two-masted vessel square-rigged on the foremast and fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast; SYN. hermaphrodite brig.
Two-masted ship, square-rigged on foremast only.