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Brig
| Глоссарий морских терминов (рангоут, такелаж, устройство судна) |
- 1. (historically) a vessel with two square-rigged masts.
- Бриг
- A two-masted square-rigged vessel, without a square main-sail, or a trysail-mast abaft the main-mast. this properly constituted the snow, but both classes are latterly blended, and the terms therefore synonymous.
- [1] a small two-masted square-rigged ship with a fore-and-aft sail on the lower part of the mainmast. brigs often carried long sweeps so that they could maneuver in calm weather. [2] usn term for a ship’s prison, formerly but no longer used in the rn. one theory holds that the name refers to a jail for brigands, but it more probably originated when admiral nelson used brigs to transport prisoners of war from the mediterranean to english prisons or hulks.
- Помещение для арестованных на военном корабле
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Бриг, русский
- (англ . brig, сокр. от итал. brigantino - бригантина), 1) морское парусное двухмачтовое судно с прямыми парусами...2) в вмф - боевой парусный корабль (18-19 вв.).
- Двухмачтовое парусное судно с прямыми парусами.
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Mediterranean, английский
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Scuttlebutt, английский
- 1. a barrel with a hole in used to hold water that sailors would drink from. by extension (in modern naval usage), a shipboard drinking fountain or water cooler.
- [1] formerly an open-topped cask for drinking water, now a water fountain. in order to prevent seamen from becoming dehydrated, shipmasters would often order a butt or cask to be lashed somewhere on deck with its lid scuttled so that a ladle could be used to scoop out drinking water. [2] a visit to the scuttled butt was a good opportunity for sailors to exchange gossip, rumors, or chatter, and these activities soon took on the slang name of the water cask itself.
Aid to navigation, английский
- 1. (aton) any device external to a vessel or aircraft specifically intended to assist navigators in determining their position or safe course, or to warn them of dangers or obstructions to navigation.
- Any fixed device such as a buoy, light, or sound signal, to assist mariners or warn them of potential hazards such as reefs (cf. navigational aids). aide-de-camp: confidential assistant on the personal staff of an admiral or official.
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