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A brig is a type of sailing ship.

Brig may also refer to:

In the military

• Brig, a (chiefly American) term for a naval military prison on a ship or navy base
• An abbreviation for the rank of brigadier
• An abbreviation for a brigade

Places

• Brig District, canton of Valais, Switzerland
  • Brig-Glis (also known simply as "Brig"), a town in the district
    • Brig railway station, serving Brig, Switzerland
    • Brig Bahnhofplatz railway station, the station in Brig used by metre-gauge trains
• Bamber Bridge, a town in Lancashire, England, often referred to as "Brig" by residents
• Brig, Istria County, Croatia, a village
• Brig Rock, New Zealand, an island

Arts and entertainment

• The Brig (play), a 1963 play by Kenneth H. Brown
• "The Brig" (Lost), an episode of the TV series Lost
• The Brig, a nickname of the Doctor Who character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart

People

• Brigman Brig Owens (born 1943), American former National Football League player
• Brig Van Osten, American hairstylist who won the reality TV series Shear Genius (season 3)

Other uses

• Brig, another name for the Celtic goddess Brigid
• An obsolete abbreviation for a brigantine, a type of sailing ship

See also

• Brigg (disambiguation)
• Briggs (disambiguation)