Brig

n. [Abbreviation of brigantine, q. v.] (Naut.) A vessel with two masts, square-rigged, or rigged nearly like a ship’s mainmast and foremast. The term, however, is variously applied by the mariners of different nations.

Hermaphrodite brig, a two masted vessel square-rigged forward and schooner-rigged aft. Totten.