Brig (disambiguation)

A Brig may refer to:

• A brig, a type of sailing vessel.
• A (chiefly US) term for a naval military prison or jail on a ship or navy base.
• An obsolete abbreviation for a brigantine, a type of ship.

Places

• Brig-Glis (also known simply as "Brig"), a town in the canton of Valais, Switzerland
• Brig (district), the district in which Brig, Switzerland is located
• Brig railway station, the important railway junction serving Brig, Switzerland.
• Brigg, North Lincolnshire, a location in England
• "Bridge" in some Scottish and northern English placenames, such as Brig o' Turk
• Brig, Croatia, a village near Vižinada

Other uses

• The Brig (play), a play by Kenneth H. Brown that was filmed by Jonas Mekas in 1963.
• The Brig is a nickname for the Doctor Who character Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.
• An abbreviation for the rank of Brigadier
• Brig is another name for the Pagan Celtic goddess Brigid
• The Brig (Lost), episode of the TV series Lost
• Brig Van Osten, American hairstylist who won reality television series Shear Genius (Season 3)

See also

• Brig sloop
• Hermaphrodite brig