Description

A hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner, is a type of two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail ). As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, hence the term hermaphrodite.

English usage is to refer to this type of vessel as a brigantine.

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