The Nautical Encyclopedia

Patterson’s Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia — Howard Patterson, 1891

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Brig

Naval

The prison on board ship.

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2026 Editor's Note: If this is the jail: 'thrown in the brig' is still literal aboard U.S. Navy ships, which retain brigs and brig time as punishment — the two-masted ship lent her name to naval custody for good. See brig. (Ed: BR 2026-07-06)

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