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hermaphrodite brig

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brig \Brig\, n. [Shortened from {Brigantine}.] (Naut.)
   A two-masted, square-rigged vessel.

   {Hermaphrodite brig}, a two-masted vessel square-rigged
      forward and schooner-rigged aft. See Illustration in
      Appendix.

Hermaphrodite \Her*maph"ro*dite\, a.
   Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite
   animal or flower.

   {Hermaphrodite brig}. (Naut.) See under {Brig}. --Totten.

Source : WordNet®

hermaphrodite brig
     n : two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast and
         fore-and-aft rigged on the mainmast [syn: {brigantine}]
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