brigs

Ships' detention cells

Brigs are two-masted sailing vessels with square sails on both masts, commonly used for trade and naval purposes from the 18th through 19th centuries.

The term also refers to prison cells or detention areas on naval ships, where sailors who violated regulations were confined.

This nautical jail sense extends to military prisons generally: He spent a week in the brig for going AWOL.

military-prison

confinement

State of being restricted

detentionTemporary official holding
guardhouseSentry post structure
stockadeFence of sharpened stakes

lockup · custody · incarceration · disciplinary · cell · prisoner · sentence · offense · court-martial · punishment

naval

ship

Seagoing transport vessel

vesselReceptacle for contents
sailShip's wind-catching fabric
mastVessel's sail support

deck · rigging · schooner · sloop · ketch · square-rigged · two-masted · fore-and-aft · merchant · privateer

historical-punishment

flogging

Beating as punishment

lashStrike or bind
cat-o'-nine-tailsBraided whip with nine strands
ironsRestraints or golf clubs

shackles · chains · keelhauling · discipline · mutiny · desertion · insubordination · whipping · corporal · sentence

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