brig

noun

1. A two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both foremast and mainmast
2. (US)A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
3. (Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland)Bridge.

   “Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, / And win the key-stane of the brig;”

4. Brigadier.

verb

1. (US, dated)To merely pretend to be occupied, to lollygag.
2. (US, dated)To jail, to confine into the guardhouse.

name

1. A district in Valais canton, Switzerland.
2. A town in Brig-Glis municipality, Valais canton, Switzerland.