brig

«brig» in Mova's school dictionary: a sailing ship with two masts and square sails — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (brigs)

meaning for a pupil

1) A brig is a sailing ship with two masts and square sails. tree →

2) A brig can also be a prison on board a ship, so a sailor who breaks the rules is put «in the brig». tree →

sense in the lessons

a ship in sea stories; «in the brig» means locked up on board

examples

• The brig sailed out of the harbour at dawn. tree →
• There was not a child on board the brig that night who did not love him. tree →
• The boys were all in the brig, about to walk the plank. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «brig» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.