gun brig

noun

1. a naval brig of the 18th century having from 8 to 12 guns.

Word History and Origins

Origin of gun brig¹

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

The Americans then boarded the ship, which was the Algerine twenty-two-gun brig Estedio, and captured eighty-three prisoners.

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It happened however, one day that an English gun-brig had appeared off Suez, and sent her boats ashore to take in fresh water.

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There in the first level beams of the rising sun, they saw the little gun-brig riding at anchor in the offing.

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The boats of our gun-brig were afterwards seen employed in picking up the odds and ends.

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No one can imagine it till he has been whirled round the world during five long years in a ten-gun-brig.

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